Characterizing aggression and its association to anger and hostility among male veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 405-410

  Teten, Andra L ^a   Miller, Lisa A ^a   Stanford, Matthew S ^b   Petersen, Nancy J ^a   Bailey, Sara D ^a   Collins, Robert L ^a   Dunn, Nancy Jo ^a   Kent, Thomas A ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77953247454     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00215     Document Type: Article

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