The guilty couch potato: The role of ego depletion in reducing recovery through media use

Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 569-589

  Reinecke, Leonard ^a   Hartmann, Tilo ^b   Eden, Allison ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84905581810     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12107     Document Type: Article

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