Gender differences in social representations of aggression: The phenomenological experience of differences in inhibitory control?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-153

  Driscoll, Helen ^a   Zinkivskay, Ann ^a   Evans, Kelly ^a   Campbell, Anne ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646889326     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712605X63073     Document Type: Article

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