Effects of Prosocial, Neutral, and Violent Video Games on Children's Helpful and Hurtful Behaviors

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-287

  Saleem, Muniba ^a   Anderson, Craig A ^a   Gentile, Douglas A ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Helping; Media violence; Prosocial media; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; SOCIALIZATION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84862322813     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21428     Document Type: Article

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