Men who target women: Specificity of target, generality of aggressive behavior

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 605-622

  Anderson, Craig A ^a   Anderson, Kathryn B ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggression against women; Confluence model; General aggression model; Sexual aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAME; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849084927     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20274     Document Type: Article

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