Do films about mentally disturbed characters promote ineffective coping in vulnerable youth?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-760

  Jamieson, Patrick E ^a   Romer, Daniel ^a   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Film; Suicide; Treatment inefficacy; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FILM; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTION PICTURES; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33748084046     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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