Personality and laboratory-based aggression: Comparing the predictive power of the Five-Factor Model, BIS/BAS, and impulsivity across context

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Seibert, L Alana ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a   Pryor, Lauren R ^a   Reidy, Dennis E ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioral activation; Behavioral inhibition; Context; Five Factor Model; Impulsivity; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949320114     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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