Digital game violence and direct aggression in adolescence: A longitudinal study of the roles of sex, age, and parent-child communication

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-294

  Wallenius, Marjut ^a,b   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Digital game violence; Direct aggression; Longitudinal study; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349084825     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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