Patterns of reactive and proactive aggression in young adolescents in Singapore

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 794-812

  Pang, Joyce S ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Kom, Dennis M Y ^a   Tan, Ser Hong ^a   Chiang, Aaron Q M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral and emotional adjustment; Cluster analysis; Delinquency; Reactive and proactive aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885482101     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12024     Document Type: Article

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