Violent entertainment pitched to adolescents: An analysis of PG-13 Films

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Webb, Theresa ^a,c   Jenkins, Lucille ^a   Browne, Nickolas ^b   Afifi, Abdelmonen A ^a   Kraus, Jess ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Film; Media; MPAA rating system; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CODING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INSTRUMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MOTION PICTURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34249896658     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1319     Document Type: Article

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