Entertaining media use and the satisfaction of recovery needs: Recovery outcomes associated with the use of interactive and noninteractive entertaining media

Media Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-215

  Reinecke, Leonard ^a   Klatt, Jennifer ^b   Krämer, Nicole C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 79958164271     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2011.573466     Document Type: Article

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