Automatic and controlled social information processing and relational aggression in young adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 778-783

  Linder, Jennifer Ruh ^a   Werner, Nicole E ^b   Lyle, Kelsey A ^b  

^a LINFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Reading time; Relational aggression; Social information processing; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955922809     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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