Investigation of the relationship between social isolation, self-esteem, aggression and computer game play in Japanese adolescents

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Colwell, John ^a   Kato, Makiko ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Computer games; Friendship; Japanese adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042667096     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.t01-1-00017     Document Type: Article

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