Young Men's and Women's Different Autobiographical Memories of the Experience of Seeing Frightening Movies on a Date

Media Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-268

  Harris, Richard Jackson ^a   Hoekstra, Steven J ^a   Scott, Christina L ^a   Sanborn, Fred W ^a   Karafa, Joseph Andrew ^a   Brandenburg, Jason Dean ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013042552     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0203_3     Document Type: Article

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