Social Anxiety and Aggression in Early Adolescents: Examining the Moderating Roles of Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1534-1543

  Batanova, Milena D ^a   Loukas, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Empathic concern; Overt aggression; Perspective taking; Relational aggression; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053901742     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9634-x     Document Type: Article

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