The appeal of violent video games to lower educated aggressive adolescent boys from two countries

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 638-641

  Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a,c   Bushman, Brad J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33947702529     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.638     Document Type: Article

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