Anger related to psychopathology, temperament, and character in healthy individuals - An explorative study

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1197-1212

  Ghazinour, Mehdi ^a   Richter, Jörg ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anger; Character; Psychopathology; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649102747     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.9.1197     Document Type: Article

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