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It's in our nature: Verbal aggressiveness as temperamental expression

Michael J. Beatty Professor of Communication, Cleveland State University, 44115
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James C. McCroskey Professor of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506
Pages 446-460 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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