When the perpetrator gets killed: Effects of observing the death of a handgun user in a televised public service announcement

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-94

  Bernhardt, Jay M ^c   Sorenson, James R ^a   Brown, Jane D ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; TELEVISION;

EID: 0035259565     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810102800108     Document Type: Article

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