Stress, Culture, and Aggression

by Murray A. Straus, Arnold S. Linsky, Ronet D. Bachman

In this important book, the authors use a widely accepted index to compare the stressfulness of life in different states, present new data on various kinds of violence, and make a compelling case that stress leads to widespread and often lethal aggression. They also examine how the norms of the various subcultural groups within states relate to drinking, the use of violence for socially legitimate purposes, the status of women, and readership of pornography,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300102097
• ISBN13: 9780300102093
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"