Exposure to violent video games increases automatic aggressiveness

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Uhlmann, Eric ^a   Swanson, Jane ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive media; Automaticity; Implicit association test; Video game violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1242343694     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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