Relational aggression in college students' dating relationships

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 705-720

  Prather, Emily ^a   Dahlen, Eric R ^a   Nicholson, Bonnie C ^a   Bullock Yowell, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance of violence; gender; intimate partner violence; sex role attitudes; trait anger

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE; ACCEPTANCE OF COUPLE VIOLENCE SCALE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATING RELATIONSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELATIONAL AGGRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

EID: 84867970733     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2012.693151     Document Type: Article

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