How long do the short-term violent video game effects last?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Barlett, Christopher ^a   Branch, Omar ^b   Rodeheffer, Christopher ^b   Harris, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Duration; Heart rate; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649393452     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20301     Document Type: Article

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