Physical aggression and mindfulness among college students: Evidence from China and the United States

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Gao, Yu ^a   Shi, Lu ^b   Smith, Kelly C ^b   Kingree, Jeffery B ^b   Thompson, Martie ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; China; College; Mindfulness; Younger adults

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TRAINING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ANGER; AWARENESS; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; FINANCE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; AWARENESS; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966365306     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13050480     Document Type: Article

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