Sensitivity to violence measured by ratings of severity increases after nonviolence training

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-60

  Collyer, Charles E ^a   Johnson, Kathryn L ^a   de Mesquita, Paul Bueno ^a   Palazzo, Linda A ^a   Jordan, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY TRAINING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; SENSITIVITY TRAINING GROUPS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951935232     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.110.1.48-60     Document Type: Article

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