Effects of harsh parenting and positive parenting practices on youth aggressive behavior: The moderating role of early pubertal timing

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 18-28

  Chen, Frances R ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggressive behavior; differential susceptibility; early pubertal timing; harsh parenting; positive parenting

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPTION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PUBERTY;

EID: 85023178196     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21720     Document Type: Article

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