Behavioral and self-reported aggression as a function of domain-specific self-esteem

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Webster, Gregory D ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Lee A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Domain specificity; Hot sauce; Mate value; Self esteem; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645297413     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20102     Document Type: Article

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