Accuracy in judgments of aggressiveness

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1225-1236

  Kenny, David A ^a   West, Tessa V ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^a   Coie, John D ^b   Dodge, Kenneth A ^b   Hubbard, Julie A ^c   Schwartz, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aggression; Bias; Hostile attribution bias; Social relations model

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34548059816     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207303026     Document Type: Review

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