Social synchrony, peer networks, and aggression in school

Aggression and Adaptation: The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 209-234

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Xie, Hongling ^b   Cairns, Beverley D ^c   Hutchins, Bryan C ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84925724390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936900     Document Type: Chapter

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