Construct validation of health-relevant personality traits: Interpersonal circumplex and five-factor model analyses of the aggression questionnaire

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-147

  Gallo, Linda C ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Circumplex; Five factor model; Hostility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POPULATION MODEL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031706496     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0502_4     Document Type: Article

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