Age and violent-content labels make video games forbidden fruits for youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 870-876

  Bijvank, Marije Nije ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^a   Roelofsma, Peter H M P ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Age labels; Children; Content labels; Forbidden fruit; Reactance; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE; AGE; CHARACTER; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHARACTER; CHILD; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PRODUCT LABELING; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 63149172258     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0601     Document Type: Article

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