Self-Regulatory Failure and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-499

  Finkel, Eli J ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^b   Slotter, Erica B ^a   Oaten, Megan ^c   Foshee, Vangie A ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; intimate partner violence; relationships; self control; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHARACTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHARACTER; EGO; FAMILY CONFLICT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE ABUSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949212937     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015433     Document Type: Article

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