Developmental Origins of Chronic Physical Aggression: A Bio-Psycho-Social Model for the Next Generation of Preventive Interventions

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2018, Pages 383-407

  Tremblay, Richard E ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Côté, Sylvana M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetics; Genetics; Intergenerational; Physical aggression; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85040330604     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010416-044030     Document Type: Review

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