Prevention-focused self-regulation and aggressiveness

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 800-820

  Keller, Johannes ^a,b   Hurst, Melanie ^b   Uskul, Ayse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Differential sensitivity; Reciprocity norm; Regulatory focus; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149089087     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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