Reappraising the situation and its impact on aggressive behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1564-1573

  Barlett, Christopher P ^a   Anderson, Craig A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; emotion regulation; reappraisal; vengeance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055066024     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211423671     Document Type: Article

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