Heroic DVD portrayals: What US and Taiwanese adolescents admire and understand

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 699-716

  Calvert, Sandra L ^a   Murray, Katherine J ^a   Conger, Emily E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; DVDs; Heroes; Learning; Role models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTOR; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10944262518     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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