TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Backbiting and bloodshed in books: Short-term effects of reading physical and relational aggression in literature
JO  - British journal of social psychology
A1  - Coyne, Sarah M.
A1  - Ridge, Robert
A1  - Stevens, McKay
A1  - Callister, Mark
A1  - Stockdale, Laura
SP  - 188
EP  - 196
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
N2  - The current research consisted of two studies examining the effects of reading physical and relational aggression in literature. In both studies, participants read one of two stories (containing physical or relational aggression), and then participated in one of two tasks to measure aggression. In Study 1, participants who read the physical aggression story were subsequently more physically aggressive than those who read the relational aggression story. Conversely, in Study 2, participants who read the relational aggression story were subsequently more relationally aggressive than those who read the physical aggression story. Combined, these results show evidence for specific effects of reading aggressive content in literature.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0144-6665
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02053.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -