Social Goals and Youth Aggression: Meta-analysis of Prosocial and Antisocial Goals

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-666

  Samson, Jennifer E ^a   Ojanen, Tiina ^b   Hollo, Alexandra ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Meta analysis; Social goals; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867467896     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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