Mood adjustment to social situations through mass media use: How men ruminate and women dissipate angry moods

Human Communication Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-73

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Alter, Scott ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33645119294     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2006.00003.x     Document Type: Review

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