Do Children Who Bully Their Peers Also Play Violent Video Games? A Canadian National Study

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-318

  Dittrick, Crystal J ^a   Beran, Tanya N ^a   Mishna, Faye ^b   Hetherington, Ross ^c   Shariff, Shaheen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bullying; cyberbullying; parent and child reports; video game maturity; video game violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884321789     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2013.803244     Document Type: Article

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