Retaliatory Motivation Enhances Attributions of Hostility When People Process Ambiguous Social Stimuli

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-172

  Topalli, Volkan ^a   O'Neal, Edgar C ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attribution; Motivation; Retaliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037251089     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10068     Document Type: Article

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