The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 420-424 , September 2008

Children's Direct Fright and Worry Reactions to Violence in Fiction and News Television Programs

  • Juliette H. Walma van der Molen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Juliette H. Walma van der Molen, Amsterdam School of Communications Research, Department of Communication, University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Brad J. Bushman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan and VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Received 11 July 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 20 March 2008.

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 Supported by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) through a scholarship granted to Dr Walma van der Molen to investigate children's reactions to violent news and entertainment.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00228-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.03.036

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 420-424 , September 2008

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