Sex differences in the use of indirect aggression in adult Canadians

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-159

  Moroschan, Gail ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a   Nicoladis, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indirect aggression; Self reports; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249101876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700201     Document Type: Article

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