Aggression, empathy and sexual orientation in males

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-486

  Sergeant, Mark J T ^a   Dickins, Thomas E ^b,c   Davies, Mark N O ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct aggression; Empathy; Indirect aggression; Internet based research; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844438503     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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