Validation of the Dutch Reactive Proactive Questionnaire (RPQ): Differential Correlates of Reactive and Proactive Aggression From Childhood to Adulthood

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-113

  Cima, Maaike ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b   Meesters, Cor ^c   Popma, Arne ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Predatory; Proactive aggression; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874109001     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21458     Document Type: Article

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