Sensitive and tolerant raters differ in their magnitude estimates of extremely violent behaviors

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 759-762

  Collyer, Charles E ^a   Melisi, Jessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 49149110758     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.106.3.759-762     Document Type: Article

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