Social identity, peer group rejection, and young children's reactive, displaced, and proactive aggression

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 823-841

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Duffy, Amanda ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054063189     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2010.02012.x     Document Type: Article

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