Book chapter
You!: Swearing as an aversive and a relational activity
Behaving badly: Aversive behaviors in interpersonal relationships, pp.59-77
American Psychological Association
2001
DOI: 10.1037/10365-003
Abstract
Presents a perspective on swearing as an aversive, yet relational behavior. The authors suggest that, despite its aversive qualities, swearing may have relational motivations, such as increasing intimacy or signaling one's connections with others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- You!: Swearing as an aversive and a relational activity
- Creators
- Alaina M Winters - U Iowa, Dept of Communication Studies, Iowa City, IA, USSteve Duck
- Contributors
- Robin M Kowalski (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Behaving badly: Aversive behaviors in interpersonal relationships, pp.59-77
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association; Washington; US; DC
- DOI
- 10.1037/10365-003
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Rhetoric
- Record Identifier
- 9984398493202771
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