Living dangerously: Culture of honor, risk-taking, and the nonrandomness of "accidental" deaths

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Barnes, Collin D ^a   Brown, Ryan P ^a   Tamborski, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental deaths; culture of honor; manhood; masculinity; risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755194935     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611410440     Document Type: Review

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