Media use and children's perceptions of societal threat and personal vulnerability

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-630

  Comer, Jonathan S ^a,d   Furr, Jami M ^b   Beidas, Rinad S ^b   Babyar, Heather M ^c   Kendall, Philip C ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TELEVISION; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JUDGMENT; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PARENTING; PROBABILITY; RISK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TELEVISION; TERRORISM;

EID: 47949109498     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410802148145     Document Type: Article

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