Gender Differences in Physical Aggression and Associated Developmental Correlates in a Sample of Canadian Preschoolers

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 643-671

  Lussier, Patrick ^a   Corrado, Raymond ^a   Tzoumakis, Stacy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84867333300     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2035     Document Type: Article

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