Media effects in middle childhood

Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 303-326

  Huesmann, L Rowell ^a   Taylor, Laramie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499760.016     Document Type: Chapter

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