Assessing aggressiveness quickly and efficiently: the Spanish adaptation of Aggression Questionnaire-Refined version

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 487-494

  Gallardo Pujol, David ^a   Kramp, Uwe ^a   García Forero, Carlos ^a   Pérez Ramírez, Meritxell ^a   Andrés Pueyo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Impulsivity; Personality; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPAIN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 33750002881     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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