Anger and the behavioral approach system

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 995-1005

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Approach motivation; Behavioral approach sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042208317     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00313-6     Document Type: Article

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