A clinical psychologist has observed that there appears to be an association between parental anger and childhood self-esteem.In particular,parents who score higher on ratings of anger and hostility tend to have children who have lower self-esteem.If this psychologist's impressions are correct,the relation between parental anger and childhood self-esteem would be an example of:

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A negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other decreases. In this case, as parental anger increases, childhood self-esteem decreases. There may be a causal relationship between the two, but it is not stated in the question.

A Clinical Psychologist Has Observed That There Appears to Be