Aggression by whom-aggression toward whom: Behavioral predictors of same-and other-gender aggression in early childhood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1450-1462

  Hanish, Laura D ^a   Sallquist, Julie ^a   DiDonato, Matthew ^a   Fabes, Richard A ^a   Martin, Carol Lynn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gender; Social dominance; Victimization

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVATION; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84872810513     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027510     Document Type: Article

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