“You just stare at them and give them daggers”: Nonverbal expressions of social aggression in teenage girls

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-372

  Shute, Rosalyn ^a   Owens, Laurence ^a   Slee, Phillip ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937380957     PISSN: 02673843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2002.9747911     Document Type: Article

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