Video games and aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behavior in the laboratory and in life

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 772-790

  Anderson, Craig A ^a,b   Dill, Karen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOPATHY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034171141     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.772     Document Type: Article

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