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psychological escapism: a standalone construct

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Media psychology

using media to escape unpleasant self-awareness, which predicts heavier television viewing among people low in need for cognition.

In media psychology, psychological escapism refers to using media to escape unpleasant self-awareness, which predicts heavier television viewing among people low in need for cognition. This meaning comes from Henning (2001) in Journal of Communication.[1]

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cognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs escape2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs need for cognition4 names · 5 citationsjangle · one disposition, four literatures

References

Henning, B., & Vorderer, P. (2001). Psychological Escapism: Predicting the Amount of Television Viewing by Need for Cognition. Journal of Communication, 51(1), 100-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2001.tb02874.x

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