Do aggressive people play violent computer games in a more aggressive way? Individual difference and idiosyncratic game-playing experience

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-161

  Peng, Wei ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Mou, Yi ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 42349089865     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0026     Document Type: Article

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