Appetitive aggression in former combatants-Derived from the ongoing conflict in DR Congo

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Hecker, Tobias ^a   Hermenau, Katharin ^a   Maedl, Anna ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appetitive aggression; Combatants; DR Congo; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; APPETITIVE AGGRESSION; APPETITIVE AGGRESSION SCALE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLDIER; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84859815372     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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