Media exposure predicts children's reactions to crime and terrorism

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-248

  Becker Blease, Kathryn A ^a,b   Finkelhor, David ^a   Turner, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental differences; Fear of crime; Mass media; Terrorist attacks; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNAPPING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TERRORISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MINORITY GROUP; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MINORITY GROUPS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 65849436490     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730802048652     Document Type: Article

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