The effects of frustration, violence, and trait hostility after playing a video game

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-310

  Williams, Kevin D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 75349096855     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430802461087     Document Type: Article

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