The impact of aggressive priming, rumination, and frustration on prison sentencing

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-485

  Vasquez, Eduardo Antonio ^a   Bartsch, Vanessa O ^a   Pedersen, William C ^b   Mille, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive prime; Frustration; Prison sentencing; Rumination; Triggered aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CRIME; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35949001644     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20203     Document Type: Article

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