Aggression and Psychopathology in Adolescents with a Preference for Violent Electronic Games

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-144

  Funk, Jeanne B ^a   Hagan, Jill ^a   Schimming, Jackie ^a   Bullock, Wesley A ^a   Buchman, Debra D ^b   Myers, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Media violence; Psychopathology; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036108424     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.90015     Document Type: Article

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