Hostile attribution of intent and aggressive behavior: A meta-analysis

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 916-934

  Orobio De Castro, Brain ^a   Veerman, Jan W ^b   Koops, Willem ^a   Bosch, Joop D ^c   Monshouwer, Heidi J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036581693     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00447     Document Type: Review

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