When the needs for affiliation and intimacy are frustrated: Envy and indirect aggression among German and Cameroonian adults

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-228

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Busch, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Envy; Implicit affiliation motive; Indirect aggression; Intimacy; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953244593     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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