Linking social-environmental risk factors with aggression in suburban adolescents: The role of social-cognitive mediators

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 433-450

  Bradshaw, Catherine P ^a   Goldweber, Asha ^a   Garbarino, James ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875845080     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21690     Document Type: Article

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