Alcohol-aggression expectancies and dispositional aggression moderate the relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related violence

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 517-527

  Barnwell, Sara Smucker ^a   Borders, Ashley ^a   Earleywine, Mitch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Consumption and violence; Dispositional; Expectancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751103430     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20152     Document Type: Article

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