Violent video games prime both aggressive and positive cognitions

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Bösche, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressive thoughts; Digital games; Play fighting; Priming of aggression; Rough and tumble play; violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650642760     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000019     Document Type: Article

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