The influence of sex, gender, self-discrepancies, and self-awareness on anger and verbal aggressiveness among U.S. college students

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-275

  Kinney, Terry A ^a   Smith, Brian A ^b   Donzella, Bonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Gartner Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Gender; Self awareness; Self discrepancies; Sex; Verbal aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035319248     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600550     Document Type: Article

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