Gun violence trends in movies

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1014-1018

  Bushman, Brad J ^a,b   Jamieson, Patrick E ^c   Weitz, Ilana ^c   Romer, Daniel ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guns; Violent films; Violent movies; Weapons effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; LEISURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; VIOLENCE; FIREARM; HUMAN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84890198302     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1600     Document Type: Article

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