Precursors to aggression are evident by 6 months of age

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-480

  Hay, Dale F ^a   Waters, Cerith S ^a   Perra, Oliver ^b   Swift, Naomi ^a   Kairis, Victoria ^a   Phillips, Rebecca ^a   Jones, Roland ^a   Goodyer, Ian ^c   Harold, Gordon ^d   Thapar, Anita ^a   van Goozen, Stephanie ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899057662     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12133     Document Type: Article

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