Clinical practice: Fear effects by the media

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-616

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Fear; Fiction; Fright; Media; News; Nightmares; Television

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FANTASY; FEAR; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGHTMARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRICIAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TELEVISION VIEWING; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS;

EID: 84860297648     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1632-1     Document Type: Review

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