Emotion regulation and childhood aggression: Longitudinal associations

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 909-923

  Röll, Judith ^a   Koglin, Ute ^a   Petermann, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Childhood; Emotion regulation; Externalizing; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 84867861147     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0303-4     Document Type: Review

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