Causal or spurious: Using propensity score matching to detangle the relationship between violent video games and violent behavior

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1348-1355

  Gunter, Whitney D ^a   Daly, Kevin ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Media violence; Propensity score matching; Video games; Violence

Indexed keywords

MEDIA VIOLENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; VIDEO GAME; VIOLENCE; VIOLENT BEHAVIOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84860308870     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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