The goal to be accepted by friends as underlying function of overt aggressive behaviour in immigrant adolescents

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-88

  Strohmeier, Dagmar ^a   Fandrem, Hildegunn ^b   Stefanek, Elisabeth ^a   Spiel, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Aggressive behavior; Immigrants; Instrumental aggression; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855796486     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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