The voodoo doll task: Introducing and validating a novel method for studying aggressive inclinations

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 419-439

  Dewall, C Nathan ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^b   Lambert, Nathaniel M ^c   Slotter, Erica B ^d   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^b   Pond, Richard S ^a   Renzetti, Claire M ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Intimate partner violence; Magical beliefs; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGICAL BELIEFS; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAGICAL BELIEFS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885432867     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21496     Document Type: Article

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