Personality correlates of female aggression

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-406

  Rana, Minakshi ^a   Malhotra, Dalip ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Group dependency; Impatience; Impulsively lively; Indirect aggression; Low intelligence; Personality traits; Physical aggression; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149090001     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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