Anthropological perspectives on aggression: Sex differences and cultural variation

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-95

  Fry, Douglas P ^a,b,c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict resolution; Culture; Indirect aggression; Peace; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032385604     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1998)24:2<81::AID-AB1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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