The Role of Hostile Attributions in the Associations Between Child Maltreatment and Reactive and Proactive Aggression

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1043-1057

  Richey, Allora ^a   Brown, Shaquanna ^a   Fite, Paula J ^a   Bortolato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; aggression subtypes; neglect; social information processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTRIBUTIONAL BIAS; CHILD; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990909756     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2016.1231148     Document Type: Article

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