Men, Muscles, and Machismo: The Relationship between Television Violence Exposure and Aggression and Hostility in the Presence of Hypermasculinity

Media Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-188

  Scharrer, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0242724026     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0302_03     Document Type: Article

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