Children and videogames: Leisure activities, aggression, social integration, and school performance

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1175-1194

  Van Schie, Emil G M ^a   Wiegman, Oene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031173071     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01800.x     Document Type: Article

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