Demolishing the Competition: The Longitudinal Link Between Competitive Video Games, Competitive Gambling, and Aggression

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1090-1104

  Adachi, Paul J C ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Aggression; Competition; Longitudinal; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84878785611     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9952-2     Document Type: Article

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