Does hostile attributional bias for relational provocations mediate the short-term association between relational victimization and aggression in preadolescence?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 973-983

  Yeung, Rachel S ^a   Leadbeater, Bonnie J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b University of Victoria ^*  (Canada)

^c Centre for Youth and Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hostile attributional bias; Preadolescents; Relational aggression; Relational victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548974749     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9162-2     Document Type: Article

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