Gender differences in the negative affective priming of aggressive behavior

Emotion

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Verona, Edelyn ^a   Curtin, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotions; Frustration; Gender differences; Startle; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NEGATIVE AFFECTIVE PRIMING; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744824355     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.115     Document Type: Article

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