The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Gentile, Douglas A ^a,d   Lynch, Paul J ^b   Linder, Jennifer Ruh ^c   Walsh, David A ^a  

^a National Institute on Media and the Family   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LINFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Iowa State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Media violence; Video games

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECREATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1242343719     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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