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13 - Personality and Aggression: A General Trait Perspective

from Part II - Biosocial Foundations of Violence and Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

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Courtland S. Hyatt ,
Chelsea E. Sleep ,
Brandon M. Weiss  and
Joshua D. Miller
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Alexander T. Vazsonyi ,
Daniel J. Flannery  and
Matt DeLisi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
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University of Kentucky
Daniel J. Flannery
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Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Matt DeLisi
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Iowa State University
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The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression , pp. 221 - 238
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Print publication year: 2018

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