A representative measure of psychological aggression and its severity

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-38

  Follingstad, Diane R ^a   Coyne, Shawn ^a   Gambone, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement of psychological agression; Psychological abuse; Psychological agression

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSION; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 22244491372     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.2005.20.1.25     Document Type: Article

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