A test of competing cognitive explanations for the boomerang effect in response to the deliberate disruption of media-induced aggression

Media Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-248

  Byrne, Sahara ^a   Linz, Daniel ^b   Potter, W James ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70449602865     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260903052265     Document Type: Article

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