Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, and prosocial behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 353-359

  Anderson, Craig A ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035464222     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00366     Document Type: Article

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