Violent video games and aggression: A review of the literature

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-212

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Video games; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032930752     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(97)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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