Excellent gamer, excellent driver? the impact of adolescents' video game playing on driving behavior: A two-wave panel study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Beullens, Kathleen ^a   Roe, Keith ^a   Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Risk taking; Speeding; Traffic; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; RISK TAKING; SPEEDING; TRAFFIC; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; CAR DRIVING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78649979324     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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