The villain as reference idol: Selection frequencies and salient attributes among New Zealand teenagers

Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 131, 1998, Pages 543-554

  Melnick, Merrill J ^b   Jackson, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC FIGURE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0032150383     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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