Assessing the role of aggression, empathy, and self-serving cognitive distortions in trait emotional manipulation

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Grieve, Rachel ^a   Panebianco, Laura ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Emotional intelligence; Emotional manipulation; Empathy; Indirect aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877324858     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2012.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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