The association between valuing popularity and relational aggression: The moderating effects of actual popularity and physiological reactivity to exclusion

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-37

  Shoulberg, Erin K ^a   Sijtsema, Jelle J ^b,c   Murray Close, Dianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Physiological reactivity; Popularity; Relational aggression; Social exclusion; Valuing popularity; Wannabes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79957618989     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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