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Resentment and Suspicion Among American Men

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.876

A representative national sample of men between the ages of 16 and 64 were interviewed with respect to their levels of resentment and suspicion and their attitudes toward violence. Resentment and suspicion appeared to be related both to race and to social class. However, they were not related to attitudes toward the use of violence for gaining social control, suggesting that such attitudes are normative rather than expressive in nature.

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