Nailing the Coffin Shut on Doubts That Violent Video Games Stimulate Aggression: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-181

  Huesmann, L Rowell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; media; meta analysis; video games; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77649227836     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018567     Document Type: Article

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