A positive correlation between self-ratings of depression and laboratory-measured aggression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-38

  Bjork, James M ^a   Dougherty, Donald M ^a   Moeller, F Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; anxiety; behavior; depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031550783     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)03025-9     Document Type: Article

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