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Social Sciences, Human Development, Psychology +8

Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence

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Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

The Folk Concept of Intentionality

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Social Sciences, Psychology, Self +5

The person-positivity bias.

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

Nicki R. Crick, Jennifer K. Grotpeter, Maureen A. Bigbee · Child Development · 2002 · 437 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +17