Hostile Cognitions and Aggressive Responses Toward Excluders in Young Children.
Social exclusion heightens hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward excluders. However, its direct causal effects and relationship with self-construal are unclear in early childhood. This study experimentally investigated the effects of social exclusion on later hostile cognition and aggres...
| Published in: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Vol. 41; no. 11/12; pp. 3027 - 3042 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2026
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