Cognitive Attributions and Emotional Expectancies Predict Emotions in Mother-Adolescent Interactions

Eric W. Lindsey; Carol MacKinnon-Lewis; James M. Frabutt; Jessica Campbell Chambers

Journal of Early Adolescence Vol. 35, No. 4 (May 2015) pp. 484–510

The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent's hostile attributions of mother's intent and emotional self-expectancies as contributors to expression of emotion between mothers and adolescents. Data were collected from 268 10- to 12-year-olds (...