The Effects of Pathological Gaming on Aggressive Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Game addiction; Longitudinal; Pathological gaming; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650515569     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9558-x     Document Type: Article

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