Forbidden Fruit Versus Tainted Fruit: Effects of Warning Labels on Attraction to Television Violence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-226

  Bushman, Brad J ^a,b   Stack, Angela D ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

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EID: 0000867730     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.2.3.207     Document Type: Article

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