Prosocial video games reduce aggressive cognitions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 896-900

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Osswald, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Media effects; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650741747     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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