Illuminating the relationship between personality disorder and violence: Contributions of the general aggression model

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-244

  Gilbert, Flora ^a   Daffern, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; cognition; personality disorder; theory; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960469471     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024089     Document Type: Review

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