Is it Seeing or Believing? Exposure, Perceived Realism, and Emerging Adults' Perceptions of Their Own and Others' Attitudes About Relationships

Media Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-386

  Chock, T Makana ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859358890     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2011.620537     Document Type: Article

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