Cognitive, Behavioral, and Affective Correlates of the Cook and Medley Hostility Scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1990, Pages 501-514

  Pope, Mary Katherine ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Rhodewalt, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETITION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0025006763     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: 15327752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.1990.9674015     Document Type: Article

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