State-Trait Anger Theory and the Utility of the Trait Anger Scale

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-148

  Deffenbacher, Jerry L ^a   Oetting, Eugene R ^a   Thwaites, Gregory A ^a   Lynch, Rebekah S ^a   Baker, Deborah A ^a   Stark, Robert S ^a   Thacker, Stacy ^a   Eiswerth Cox, Lora ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000596104     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.43.2.131     Document Type: Article

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