Psychiatry and Psychology

Aggression

Behavior which may be manifested by destructive and attacking action which is verbal or physical, by covert attitudes of hostility or by obstructionism.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Behavior which may be manifested by destructive and attacking action which is verbal or physical, by covert attitudes of hostility or by obstructionism.

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  • Aggressions

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, psychology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

human & animal; "agression" in French is translated "stress" & indexed under STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL or specific; "agressologie" = STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL

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  1. F01.145.126.050.500w
  2. F01.145.126.125w
  3. F01.145.813w.045w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aggression. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000374. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000374
  2. Aggression. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggression
  3. Aggression. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191797