The Effects of Intimacy and Target Sex on Direct Aggression: Further Evidence

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-280

  Cross, Catharine P ^a   Campbell, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Intimacy; Sex differences; Target sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROL; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862313635     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21430     Document Type: Article

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