Violent and nonviolent video games differentially affect physical aggression for individuals high vs. low in dispositional anger

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Engelhardt, Christopher R ^a   Bartholow, Bruce D ^a   Saults, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Individual differences; Trait anger; Violence; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053180070     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20411     Document Type: Article

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