Social intelligence - Empathy = aggression?

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-200

  Björkqvist, Kaj ^a   Österman, Karin ^a   Kaukiainen, Ari ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Empathy; Indirect aggression; Physical aggression; Social intelligence; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONFLICT; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0345439973     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(98)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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