The relation between psychological distress, television exposure, and television-viewing motives in crime victims

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-93

  Minnebo, Jurgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33646857048     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0802_2     Document Type: Article

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