Coping and film reception

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-160

  Till, Benedikt ^a,b   Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a   Herberth, Arno ^b   Voracek, Martin ^b   Sonneck, Gernot ^a,c   Vitouch, Peter ^b  

^a Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

coping; drama; film effects; involvement; modes of reception

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455172227     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000048     Document Type: Article

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