Attributional Biases in Aggressive Children and Their Mothers

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 698-708

  MacBrayer, Elizabeth Kirby ^a   Milich, Richard ^a   Hundley, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROBABILITY; PROVOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0345098325     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.112.4.598     Document Type: Article

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