Effects of Avatar Race in Violent Video Games on Racial Attitudes and Aggression

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 698-704

  Yang, Grace S ^a   Gibson, Bryan ^b   Lueke, Adam K ^b   Huesmann, L Rowell ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African American; aggression; Black; implicit racism; prejudice; violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903544065     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614528008     Document Type: Article

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