Adaptive, maladaptive, mediational, and bidirectional processes of relational and physical aggression, relational and physical victimization, and peer liking

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-287

  Kawabata, Yoshito ^a   Tseng, Wan Ling ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer liking; Relational and physical aggression; Relational and physical victimization

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84897483873     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21517     Document Type: Article

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