Energized by Television: Familiar Fictional Worlds Restore Self-Control

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-307

  Derrick, Jaye L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

parasocial; self control; self regulation; social surrogacy; television

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876191437     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612454889     Document Type: Review

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