The impact of rumination on aggressive thoughts, feelings, arousal, and behaviour

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-301

  Pedersen, William C ^a   Denson, Thomas F ^b   Goss, R Justin ^c   Vasquez, Eduardo A ^d   Kelley, Nicholas J ^a   Miller, Norman ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING;

AGGRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 79955600279     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X515696     Document Type: Article

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