Body weight, not facial width-to-height ratio, predicts aggression in pro hockey players

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-238

  Deaner, Robert O ^a   Goetz, Stefan M M ^a   Shattuck, Kraig ^a   Schnotala, Tony ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressiveness; Body size; Face perception; Fighting; Judgment accuracy; Overgeneralization; Sports; Width to height ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858003855     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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