Sport, attractiveness and aggression

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 640-643

  Brewer, G ^a   Howarth, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attractiveness; Relationships; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863776384     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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