Emotions, Traits and Negative Beliefs as Possible Mediators in the Relationship between Childhood Experiences of being Bullied and Paranoid Thinking in a Non-Clinical Sample

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-638

  Ashford, Christian Daniel ^a   Ashcroft, Katie ^a   Maguire, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood bullying; emotions; mediators; negative beliefs; paranoid thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945342919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.020611     Document Type: Article

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