Is the curve relating temperature to aggression linear or curvilinear? Assaults and temperature in Minneapolis reexamined

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-66

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Wang, Morgan C ^b   Anderson, Craig A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assault; Heat; Hot; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HEAT; HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; HEAT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 23844448699     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.62     Document Type: Review

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