Self-control training decreases aggression in response to provocation in aggressive individuals

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-256

  Denson, Thomas F ^a   Capper, Miriam M ^a   Oaten, Megan ^b   Friese, Malte ^c   Schofield, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressive personality; Anger; Self control training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953242185     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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