Exposure to Violence, Social Information Processing, and Problem Behavior in Preschool Children

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 429-441

  Ziv, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure to violence; Externalizing behavior; Internalizing behavior; Preschool; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84867333721     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21452     Document Type: Article

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