Late adolescents' experiences with and attitudes toward videogames

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1316-1334

  Barnett, Mark A ^a   Vitaglione, Guy D ^b   Harper, Kimberly K G ^b   Quackenbush, Steven W ^b   Steadman, Lee Ann ^b   Valdez, Birgit S ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031195586     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01808.x     Document Type: Article

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