Virtually justifiable homicide: The effects of prosocial contexts on the link between violent video games, aggression, and prosocial and hostile cognition

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 346-354

  Gitter, Seth A ^a   Ewell, Patrick J ^b   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^c   Stillman, Tyler F ^d   Baumeister, Roy F ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial cognition; Prosocial cognition; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL COGNITION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSOCIAL COGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL COGNITION; PROSOCIAL COGNITION; VIDEO GAMES;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880280189     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21487     Document Type: Article

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