Video games and aggressive behaviour

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 184-192

  Unsworth, Gabrielle ^b   Ward, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035652436     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060108259654     Document Type: Article

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