The Relationship Between Heart Rate Reactivity, Emotionally Aggressive Behavior, and General Violence in Batterers

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 227-248

  Gottman, John M ^a   Jacobson, Neil S ^a   Rushe, Regina H ^a   Wu Shortt, Joann ^a   Babcock, Julia ^a   La Taillade, Jaslean J ^a   Waltz, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33748593435     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.9.3.227     Document Type: Article

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