Gender differences in relational and physical aggression

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Burton, Leslie A ^a   Hafetz, Jessica ^a   Henninger, Debra ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Bar on emotional quotient inventory; Depression; Gender; NEO five factor inventory; Physical aggression; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847751439     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.1.41     Document Type: Article

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