School violence and the culture of honor

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1400-1405

  Brown, Ryan P ^a   Osterman, Lindsey L ^a   Barnes, Collin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74549134495     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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