Psychological distress, perceived social support, and television viewing for reasons of companionship: A test of the compensation hypothesis in a population of crime victims

Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-250

  Minnebo, Jurgen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Crime victims; Perceived social support; Psychological distress; Television; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149092222     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2005.30.2.233     Document Type: Review

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