An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 970-988

  Yeager, David Scott ^a   Trzesniewski, Kali H ^b   Dweck, Carol S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877353432     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12003     Document Type: Article

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