Video Games and Youth Violence: A Prospective Analysis in Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-391

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Computer games; Mass media; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952485263     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9610-x     Document Type: Article

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