An empirical test of a communibiological model of trait verbal aggressiveness

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-341

  Valencic, Kristin Marie ^a   Beatty, Michael J ^b   Rudd, Jill E ^c   Dobos, Jean A ^d   Heisel, Alan D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communibiology; Neuroticism; Psychoticism; Trait verbal aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009920228     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370105     Document Type: Article

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