Is Relational Aggression Part of the Externalizing Spectrum? A Bifactor Model of Youth Antisocial Behavior

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-159

  Tackett, Jennifer L ^a   Daoud, Stephanie L S B ^b   De Bolle, Marleen ^c   Burt, Sybil Alexandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Antisocial behavior; Children; Externalizing psychopathology; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874116148     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21466     Document Type: Article

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