Call of (civic) duty: Action games and civic behavior in a large sample of youth

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 770-775

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Garza, Adolfo ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child development; Civic engagement; Computer games; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; COMPUTER GAMES; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79551504667     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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