Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ468565
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Prior Exposure to Creatures from a Horror Film: Live versus Photographic Representations.
Weiss, Audrey J.; And Others
Human Communication Research, v20 n1 p41-66 Sep 1993
Finds that exposure to graphic photographs of worms taken from a horror film increased children's enjoyment of the horror movie segment and reduced fear reactions to the scene. Shows that exposure to a live earthworm was effective in reducing fear reactions to the movie only among boys but did alter children's affective reactions to and judgments of worms themselves. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Communication Research, Desensitization, Elementary Education, Fear, Films, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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