College students' video game participation and perceptions: Gender differences and implications

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 537-542

  Ogletree, Shirley Matile ^a   Drake, Ryan ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic and relational implications of gaming; Gender and gaming; Gender and video game content

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147111760     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9193-5     Document Type: Article

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