TRAFFIC JAM: Psychological assessment of a gaming simulation

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-88

  Johansson, Maria ^a   Küller, Rikard ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Gaming simulation; Proenvironmental attitudes; Psychological assessment; Traffic pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949119958     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878102033001004     Document Type: Article

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