Relational Aggression in Middle Childhood: Predictors and Adolescent Outcomes

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 354-375

  Spieker, Susan J ^a   Campbell, Susan B ^b   Vandergrift, Nathan ^c   Pierce, Kim M ^d   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^d   Susman, Elizabeth J ^e   Roisman, Glenn I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Childcare; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859628896     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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