APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Are Young Adults Accurate in Their Judgments of Peers’ Violent Behavior?

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Social

  • Shannon Harper
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Christina Lawrence
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Sheila Turner
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Gabrielle Loehr
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

We examined young adults’ perception of peer violence in comparison to their own behavior. Findings demonstrated that across all forms of violence, participants perceived peers to more frequently engage in aggressive behavior compared to themselves.

Aggression

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