Lashing Out after Stewing over Public Insults: The Effects of Public Provocation, Provocation Intensity, and Rumination on Triggered Displaced Aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-29

  Vasquez, Eduardo A ^a   Pedersen, William C ^b   Bushman, Brad J ^c,d   Kelley, Nicholas J ^b   Demeestere, Philippine ^b   Miller, Norman ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Displaced aggression; Provocation intensity; Public provocation; Rumination; Triggering event

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; TIME;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872650863     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21453     Document Type: Article

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