Violent video games and hostile expectations: A test of the general aggression model

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1679-1686

  Bushman, Brad J ^a,b   Anderson, Craig A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

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EID: 23044532596     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014616702237649     Document Type: Article

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