Violent computer games and their effects on state hostility and physiological arousal

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-371

  Arriaga, Patrícia ^a   Esteves, Francisco ^a   Carneiro, Paula ^a   Monteiro, Maria Benedicta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Physiological arousal; State hostility; Violent computer games

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746152458     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20134     Document Type: Article

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