'I was like a wild wild person': Understanding feelings of anger using interpretative phenomenological analysis

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-498

  Eatough, Virginia ^a   Smith, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAGE; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; RAGE; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33751529769     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X97831     Document Type: Article

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