Predictors of hazing motivation in a representative sample of the United States

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 446-452

  Cimino, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitional psychology; Hazing; Initiations; Newcomers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885384491     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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