Relations among appetitive aggression, post-traumatic stress and motives for demobilization: A study in former Colombian combatants

Conflict and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weierstall, Roland ^a   Castellanos, Claudia Patricia Bueno ^b   Neuner, Frank ^b   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appetitive aggression; Colombian former combatants; PTSD; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876946302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-7-9     Document Type: Article

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