Self-control, social support, and aggression among adolescents in divorced and two-parent families

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1042-1049

  Hamama, Liat ^a   Ronen Shenhav, Anat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Aggression; Divorced families; Self control; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858800754     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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