Why are bystanders friendly to recipients of aggression?

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Fraser, Orlaith N ^a   Koski, Sonja E ^b,c   Wittig, Roman M ^d   Aureli, Filippo ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive conflict; Bystander affiliation; Consolation; Post conflict behavior; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349170999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.3.8718     Document Type: Article

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