Young adults' retrospective reports of childhood television viewing

Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-60

  Potts, Richard ^a   Belden, Angela ^a   Reese, Celinda ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrospective self report; Television viewing; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649007096     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650207309361     Document Type: Article

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