Longitudinal effects of violent video games on aggression in japan and the united states

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Craig A ^a,g   Sakamoto, Akira ^b   Gentile, Douglas A ^a,c   Ihori, Nobuko ^b   Shibuya, Akiko ^d   Yukawa, Shintaro ^e   Naito, Mayumi ^f   Kobayashi, Kumiko ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute on Media and the Family   (United States)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f TAKASAKI CITY UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Longitudinal study; Media impact; Video games; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 58149170201     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1425     Document Type: Article

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