Children's social cognition about proactive aggression

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 674-692

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Killen, Melanie ^b   Duffy, Amanda ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identity; Moral judgment; Peer relationships; Proactive aggression; Social cognition; Social groups

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUP IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORAL JUDGMENT; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROACTIVE AGGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL GROUPS;

GROUP IDENTITY; MORAL JUDGMENT; PEER RELATIONSHIPS; PROACTIVE AGGRESSION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL GROUPS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883333607     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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