Men's tears: Football players' evaluations of crying behavior

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-310

  Wong, Y Joel ^a   Steinfeldt, Jesse A ^a   LaFollette, Julie R ^a   Tsao, Shu Ching ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crying; Emotion; Football; Masculinity; Student athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455192577     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020576     Document Type: Article

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