Beat Them or Ban Them: The Characteristics and Social Functions of Anger and Contempt

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-115

  Fischer, Agneta H ^a   Roseman, Ira J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; attack; contempt; exclusion; social functions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; COERCION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34548838546     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.1.103     Document Type: Article

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