Emotional skillfulness as a key mediator of aggression

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-247

  Mansfield, Abigail K ^a   Addis, Michael E ^b   Cordova, James V ^b   Dowd, Lynn ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotion dysregulation; Emotional skills; Masculinity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449630217     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770902809811     Document Type: Article

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