"killing spree": Exploring the connection between competitive game play and aggressive cognition

Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-274

  Schmierbach, Mike ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Frustration; Gender; General aggression model; Video games; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949346857     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650209356394     Document Type: Article

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