Contribution of demographics, sociological factors, and media usage to verbal aggressiveness

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Glascock, Jack ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Media usage; Socialization agents; Survey research; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902981897     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: 21512388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000115     Document Type: Article

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