The Influence of Individual Differences in Sensitivity to Provocations on Provoked Aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-221

  Lawrence, Claire ^a   Hutchinson, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct aggression; Sensitivity to frustration; Sensitivity to provocations; Taylor competitive reaction time task; Trait aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876314955     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21473     Document Type: Article

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