Much Ado About Nothing: The Misestimation and Overinterpretation of Violent Video Game Effects in Eastern and Western Nations: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Kilburn, John ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; child development; computer games; mass media; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; JAPAN; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77649211293     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018566     Document Type: Article

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