Sad kids, sad media? Applying mood management theory to depressed adolescents' use of media

Media Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-166

  Carpentier, Francesca R Dillman ^a,c   Brown, Jane D ^a   Bertocci, Michele ^b   Silk, Jennifer S ^b   Forbes, Erika E ^b   Dahl, Ronald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 41249098899     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701834484     Document Type: Article

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