A multitrait-multimethod validity assessment of the verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness scales

Communication Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-462

  Kotowski, Michael R ^a   Levine, Timothy R ^b   Baker, Colin R ^c   Bolt, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentativeness; Multitrait multimethod; Verbal aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949100787     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750903300247     Document Type: Article

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