Adolescent exposure to extremely violent movies

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-454

  Sargent, James D ^a,c   Heatherton, Todd F ^b   Ahrens, M Bridget ^a   Dalton, Madeline A ^a   Tickle, Jennifer J ^b   Beach, Michael L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Movies; New Hampshire; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VERMONT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036891057     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00399-3     Document Type: Article

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