Violent video games cause an increase in aggression long after the game has been turned off

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Bushman, Brad J ^a,c   Gibson, Bryan ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051724683     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610379506     Document Type: Article

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