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 a:

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A negative correlation occurs when one variable increases while the other decreases, which is the case here with higher parental anger associated with lower childhood self-esteem.

A Clinical Psychologist Has Observed That There Appears to Be