Expression of anger by Samoan adults

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 3 PART II, 1996, Pages 1339-1348

  Steele, Matthew S ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; SAMOA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANGER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SAMOA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0030340593     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3f.1339     Document Type: Article

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