" We don't need no education" : Video game preferences, video game motivations, and aggressiveness among adolescent boys of different educational ability levels

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-162

  Nije Bijvank, Marije ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(Violent) Video game play; Adolescents; Educational ability level; Motivations for game play

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84855615407     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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