Suicidal and violent behavior: The role of anger, emotion dysregulation, and impulsivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-62

  Ammerman, Brooke A ^a   Kleiman, Evan M ^b   Uyeji, Lauren L ^a   Knorr, Anne C ^a   McCloskey, Michael S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion dysregulation; Impulsivity; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922822485     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.044     Document Type: Article

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