Understanding Causality in the Effects of Media Violence

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1807-1821

  Bushman, Brad J ^a,b   Anderson, Craig A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; causality; media violence; television; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945943053     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215596554     Document Type: Article

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