Social dominance in childhood and adolescence: Why social competence and aggression may go hand in hand

Aggression and Adaptation: The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-30

  Hawley, Patricia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936900     Document Type: Chapter

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