Aggressive behavior in male offenders: Preliminary analyses of self-regulatory functions in a sample of criminals

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1171-1185

  Ross, Thomas ^a   Fontao, María Isabel ^a   Schneider, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CRIME; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 34548208187     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.3.1171-1185     Document Type: Article

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