Kicking the (Barking) dog effect: The moderating role of target attributes on triggered displaced aggression

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1382-1395

  Pedersen, William C ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b   Vasquez, Eduardo A ^c   Miller, Norman ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitude similarity; Cognitive neoassociation theory; Displaced aggression; Intergroup relations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CRIME VICTIMS; DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51049097479     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208321268     Document Type: Article

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