Women's physical aggression in bars: An event-based examination of precipitants and predictors of severity

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-313

  Collins, R Lorraine ^a   Quigley, Brian ^a   Leonard, Kenneth E ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Event based; Physical aggression in bars; Severity of aggression; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANGER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 34547410999     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20201     Document Type: Article

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