Mediators of the association between television viewing and fear of crime: Perceived personal risk and perceived ability to cope

Poetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-124

  Custers, Kathleen ^a   Van den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 79955664276     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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