Aggressive fantasies, thought control strategies, and their connection to aggressive behaviour

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1397-1407

  Nagtegaal, Maria H ^a   Rassin, Eric ^a   Muris, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Aggressive fantasies; Thought control strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748712232     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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