Getting a High-Speed Family Connection: Associations Between Family Media Use and Family Connection

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-440

  Padilla Walker, Laura M ^a   Coyne, Sarah M ^a   Fraser, Ashley M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Connection; Family; Media; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861760398     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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