Violent video games and anger as predictors of aggression

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1234-1243

  Giumetti, Gary W ^a   Markey, Patrick M ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Interaction effects; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848956576     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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