Does it matter with whom you slay? the effects of competition, cooperation and relationship type among video game players

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-338

  Waddell, Julia Crouse ^a   Peng, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective aggression; Competition; Cooperation; Friendship; Relationship; Video game

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY;

AFFECTIVE AGGRESSION; COOPERATION; FRIENDSHIP; RELATIONSHIP; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84904299143     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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