Individual differences conducive to aggression and violence: Trajectories and correlates of irritability and hostile rumination through adolescence

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-374

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Paciello, Marinella ^a   Gerbino, Maria ^a   Cugini, Claudia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotion regulation; Individual differences; Irritability; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRRITABLE MOOD; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547400141     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20192     Document Type: Article

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