Are Proactive and Reactive Aggression Meaningful Distinctions in Adolescents? A Variable- and Person-Based Approach

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-14

  Smeets, K C ^a   Oostermeijer, S ^b   Lappenschaar, M ^d   Cohn, M ^b   van der Meer, J M J ^c   Popma, A ^b   Jansen, L M C ^b   Rommelse, N N J ^a,c   Scheepers, F E ^e   Buitelaar, J K ^a,c  

^a Karakter University Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Factor analysis; Latent class analysis; Proactive and reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84964461812     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-016-0149-5     Document Type: Article

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