Finding Orchids in a Field of Dandelions: Understanding Children’s Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1776-1789

  Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; differential susceptibility; moderators; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945959372     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215596552     Document Type: Article

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