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15 - Social-Cognitive Processes in the Development of Antisocial and Violent Behavior

from Part III - Individual and Interpersonal Factors for Violence and Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

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Brian Enjaian ,
Sarah Beth Bell ,
Zachary Whitt  and
C. Nathan DeWall
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Daniel J. Flannery  and
Matt DeLisi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
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University of Kentucky
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Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
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Iowa State University
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The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression , pp. 259 - 277
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Print publication year: 2018

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