Implications of gender differences for the development of animated characters for the study of bullying behavior

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 770-786

  Woods, Sarah ^a   Hall, Lynne ^b   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Wolke, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Jacobs Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Children; Education; Technology; Victimization; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BULLYING BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN; STORYBOARD; VICTIMIZATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33747758638     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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