Profanity in media associated with attitudes and behavior regarding profanity use and aggression

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-872

  Coyne, Sarah M ^a   Stockdale, Laura A ^a   Nelson, David A ^a   Fraser, Ashley ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Media; Physical aggression; Profanity; Relational aggression; Swearing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFANITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355129463     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1062     Document Type: Article

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