Preference for violent electronic games, self-concept, and gender differences in young children

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-241

  Funk, Jeanne B ^a   Buchman, Debra D ^b   Germann, Julie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HABIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034019598     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087738     Document Type: Article

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