Patterns of adolescents' beliefs about fighting and their relation to behavior and risk factors for aggression

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 787-802

  Farrell, Albert D ^a   Bettencourt, Amie ^a   Mays, Sally ^a   Kramer, Alison ^a   Sullivan, Terri ^a   Kliewer, Wendy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Beliefs; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84863989639     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-011-9609-0     Document Type: Article

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