A cross-lagged structural equation model of relational aggression, physical aggression, and peer status in a Chinese culture

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-315

  Tseng, Wan Ling ^a   Banny, Adrienne M ^a   Kawabata, Yoshito ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^a   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Peer acceptance; Peer rejection; Perceived popularity; Physical aggression; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; TAIWAN; ANIMAL MODEL; GENDER; GIRL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PEER REJECTION; PHYSICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84878799507     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21480     Document Type: Article

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