The effects of the presence and contexts of video game violence on children: A longitudinal study in Japan

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 528-539

  Shibuya, Akiko ^a   Sakamoto, Akira ^b   Ihori, Nobuko ^b   Yukawa, Shintaro ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Content analysis; Context; Effect; Gender; Japan; Video game; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149090865     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107306670     Document Type: Article

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