Exploration into the sources of individual differences in Aggression-, Hostility- and Anger-related (AHA) personality traits

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1067-1071

  Gustavsson, J Petter ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b   Åsberg, Marie ^a   Schalling, Daisy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 16144367005     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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