How attribution influences aggression: Answers to an old question by using an implicit measure of anger

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-385

  Krieglmeyer, Regina ^a   Wittstadt, Doris ^a   Strack, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Attribution; Implicit

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049087398     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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