Exposure to violent video games and aggression in German adolescents: A longitudinal analysis

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-89

  Möller, Ingrid ^a   Krahé, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Media violence; Normative beliefs; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 59349083394     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20290     Document Type: Article

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