Children's cognitive and emotional responses to the portrayal of negative emotions in family-formatted situation comedies

Human Communication Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 584-609

  Weiss, Audrey J ^a,b   Wilson, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b McGhan Medical Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0032363156     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00432.x     Document Type: Article

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