Men's misperceptions about the acceptability and attractiveness of aggression

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1209-1219

  Vandello, Joseph A ^a   Ransom, Sean ^b   Hettinger, Vanessa E ^a   Askew, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Descriptive norms; Gender beliefs; Injunctive norms; Norm perpetuation; Pluralistic ignorance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350339794     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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