Are there sex differences in physical aggression in the elderly?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-662

  Morales Vives, Fabia ^a   Vigil Colet, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Elderly; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955055745     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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