Paternal behavior and offspring aggression

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Marler, Catherine ^a   Trainor, Brian C ^b   Davis, Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arginine vasopressin; Paternal behavior; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944450474     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00351.x     Document Type: Review

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