Effects of prolonged exposure to gratuitous media violence on provoked and unprovoked hostile behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-165

  Zillmann, Dolf ^a   Weaver III, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032590250     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01379.x     Document Type: Article

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