Mothers' and teachers' perceptions of relational and physical aggression in pre-school children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1343-1359

  Hurd, Heather Doescher ^a   Gettinger, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

mother perceptions; physical aggression; pre school children; relational aggression; teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858314373     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.527336     Document Type: Article

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