Relationally and Physically Aggressive Children’s Intent Attributions and Feelings of Distress for Relational and Instrumental Peer Provocations

R Crick, Nicki; K Grotpeter, Jennifer; A Bigbee, Maureen

doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00462

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Relationally and Physically Aggressive Children’s Intent Attributions and Feelings of Distress for Relational and Instrumental Peer Provocations

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Nicki R Crick

Jennifer K Grotpeter

Maureen A Bigbee

Abstract

Abstract Numerous studies have demonstrated that physically aggressive children exhibit hostile attributional biases in response to instrumental peer provocations, a social information–processing pattern that has been recognized as a contributor to peer–directed aggression. The present studies (N= 1...

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