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Jane D. Brown

Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications -  97
Citations -  9061

Jane D. Brown is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mass media & Reproductive health. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 97 publications receiving 8726 citations. Previous affiliations of Jane D. Brown include University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Family Talk about Feeling States and Children's Later Understanding of Others' Emotions.

TL;DR: This paper examined the relation between individual differences in 36-month-old children's conservations about feeling states with their mothers and siblings and their later ability to recognize emotions in an affective-perspective-taking manner at 6 years.
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Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents' Sexual Behavior

TL;DR: Exposure to sexual content in music, movies, television, and magazines accelerates white adolescents’ sexual activity and increases their risk of engaging in early sexual intercourse and the relationship was not statistically significant for black adolescents after controlling for other factors that were more predictive.
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X-Rated Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Associated With U.S. Early Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Media

TL;DR: Longitudinal analyses showed that early exposure to sexually explicit content in adult magazines, X-rated movies, and the Internet predicted less progressive gender role attitudes, more permissive sexual norms, sexual harassment perpetration, and having oral sex and sexual intercourse two years later.
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A social media-based physical activity intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

TL;DR: Use of an online social networking group plus self-monitoring did not produce greater perceptions of social support or physical activity as compared to education-only controls, and efforts to further understand how online social networks can be used in health promotion should be pursued.
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Transitions into underage and problem drinking: Developmental processes and mechanisms between 10 and 15 years of age

TL;DR: The timing of and variations in developmental changes are related to individual differences in alcohol use and this integrated developmental perspective is proposed to serve as the foundation for subsequent efforts to prevent and to treat the causes, problems, and consequences of alcohol consumption.