Egalitarian, sexist, and aggressive sexual materials: Attitude effects and viewer responses

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 244-253

  Bauserman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031705423     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499809551940     Document Type: Article

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