Are the effects of unreal violent video games pronounced when playing with a virtual reality system?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 521-538

  Arriaga, Patrícia ^a   Esteves, Francisco ^b   Carneiro, Paula ^a   Monteiro, Maria Benedicta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Violent electronic games; Virtual reality system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 50249184790     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20272     Document Type: Article

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