American children's use of electronic media in 1997: A national survey

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-47

  Wright, John C ^a   Huston, Aletha C ^a   Vandewater, Elizabeth A ^a   Bickham, David S ^a   Scantlin, Ronda M ^a   Kotler, Jennifer A ^b   Caplovitz, Allison Gilman ^a   Lee, June H ^a   Hofferth, Sandra ^c   Finkelstein, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Television; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044372280     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(00)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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