Violent video games and aggressive behavior in adolescence;Gewalthaltige computerspiele und aggressives verhalten im jugendalter

Psychologische Rundschau

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Koglin, Ute ^a   Witthöft, Jan ^b   Petermann, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggressive behavior; Anger; Violence; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349305029     PISSN: 00333042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0033-3042.60.3.163     Document Type: Article

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