Why do women swear? An exploration of reasons for and perceived efficacy of swearing in Dutch female students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1669-1674

  Rassin, Eric ^a,b   Muris, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Life satisfaction; Swearing; Swearwords

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344345828     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.022     Document Type: Article

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