Video game playing and its relations with aggressive and prosocial behaviour

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-378

  Wiegman, Oene ^a   Van Schie, Emil G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0040002515     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1998.tb01177.x     Document Type: Article

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