Children and the war on Iraq: Developmental differences in fear responses to television news coverage

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-237

  Smith, Stacy L ^a   Moyer Gusé, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33749685147     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0803_2     Document Type: Article

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