The moderating effect of trivial triggering provocation on displaced aggression

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 913-927

  Pedersen, William C ^a   Gonzales, Candace ^a   Miller, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034186242     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.5.913     Document Type: Article

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