"Viewing" pregnancy as an existential threat: The effects of creatureliness on reactions to media depictions of the pregnant body

Media Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-230

  Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a   Goplen, Joanna ^a   Cox, Cathy R ^b   Arndt, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 34547516538     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701375629     Document Type: Article

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