The relationship of anger and cognitive distortions with violence in violent offenders' population: A meta-analytic review

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-77

  Chereji, Simona V ^a   Pintea, Sebastian ^a   David, Daniel ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anger; Cognitive distortions; Incarcerated offenders; Meta analysis; Moderation analysis; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862686481     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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