Disposed to aggress?: In search of the violence-prone personality

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-190

  Walters, Glenn D ^a  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Personality; Violence prone

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; AGGRESSION; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TEMPERAMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033990992     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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