Serious and playful aggression in Brazilian girls and boys.
We report on an observational study on sex differences in serious and playful aggression in early childhood. The sample included 14 girls and 14 boys, aged 2 to 4. The study was carried out in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Half of the subjects attended a nursery school for children from a favela (slum di...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 30; pp. 249 - 269 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
February 1994
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