Temperature, city size, and the southern subculture of violence: Support for social escape/avoidance (SEA) theory

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1652-1674

  Cohn, Ellen G ^a   Rotton, James ^a   Peterson, Amy G ^a   Tarr, Deborah B ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844255651     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02792.x     Document Type: Article

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