Direct and indirect relations between the Big 5 personality traits and aggressive and violent behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 870-875

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Big 5; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858753621     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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