Providing an escape option reduces retaliatory aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-237

  McCloskey, Michael S ^a   Berman, Mitchell E ^b   Coccaro, Emil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Escape; Human laboratory; Provocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744362486     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20084     Document Type: Article

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