Does misery love company? Exploring the therapeutic effects of TV viewing on regretted experiences

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 689-706

  Nabi, Robin L ^a   Finnerty, Keli ^b   Domschke, Tricia ^b   Hull, Shawnika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MEDIA ROLE; TELEVISION; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33750854124     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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