Personality and media influences on violence and depression in a cross-national sample of young adults: Data from Mexican-Americans, English and Croatians

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1195-1200

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Colwell, John ^b   Mlačić, Boris ^c   Milas, Goran ^c   Mikloušić, Igor ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Computer games; Mass media; Personality; Television; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPUTER GAMES; MASS MEDIA; PERSONALITY; VIOLENT CRIME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRIME; DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 79952190974     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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