Actualization of Social Cognitions into Aggressive Behavior toward Disliked Targets

Social Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-250

  Peets, Kätlin ^a   Hodges, Ernest V E ^a,b   Salmivalli, Christina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Peer rejection; Relationship context; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954524723     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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