Exposure to Violence Across the Social Ecosystem and the Development of Aggression: A Test of Ecological Theory in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-177

  Boxer, Paul ^a,b   Rowell Huesmann, L ^b,c   Dubow, Eric F ^b,c   Landau, Simha F ^d   Gvirsman, Shira Dvir ^d   Shikaki, Khalil ^e   Ginges, Jeremy ^f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research   (Palestine)

^f NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARABS; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84872926128     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01848.x     Document Type: Article

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