The "sword of a woman": Gossip and female aggression

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-199

  McAndrew, Francis T ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Female competition; Gossip; Relational aggression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOSSIP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84901191591     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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