Effects of realism on extended violent and nonviolent video game play on aggressive thoughts, feelings, and physiological arousal

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Barlett, Christopher P ^a   Rodeheffer, Christopher ^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; Priming; Realism; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL FACILITATION; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649399661     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20279     Document Type: Article

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