The alcohol-aggression link: Children's aggression expectancies in marital arguments as a function of the sobriety or intoxication of the arguing couple

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 458-466

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Elmore Staton, Lori ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Alcohol and aggression; Children's aggression expectancies; Culture; Gender and aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPOUSES;

EID: 34548580443     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20205     Document Type: Article

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