Exposure to violent computer games and Chinese adolescents' physical aggression: The role of beliefs about aggression, hostile expectations, and empathy

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1675-1687

  Zhen, Shuangju ^a   Xie, Hongling ^b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Shujun ^a   Li, Dongping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs about aggression; Empathy; Hostile expectations; Physical aggression; Violent computer games

Indexed keywords

BELIEFS ABOUT AGGRESSION; EMPATHY; HOSTILE EXPECTATIONS; PHYSICAL AGGRESSION; VIOLENT COMPUTER GAMES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79960284268     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.02.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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