The Relationship Between Argumentativeness, Verbal Aggressiveness, and Communication Satisfaction in Incarcerated Male Youth

The Prison Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-343

  Anderson, Carolyn M ^a   Rancer, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

aggressive communication traits; argumentativeness; communication satisfaction; incarcerated male youth; verbal aggressiveness; youth physical aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548073397     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885507304433     Document Type: Article

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