The company they keep: How peer networks influence male sexual aggression

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-171

  Swartout, Kevin M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; attitudes; peer influence; sexual aggression; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876137136     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029997     Document Type: Article

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