Violent video game effects on children and adolescents : theory, research, and public policy /

This volume uses General Aggression Model (GAM) as a basis for explaining and predicting effects and changes in aggression related to exposure to violent video games. The authors also describe how a developmental risk and resilience model can be integrated into GAM to enhance our ability to predict...

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Main Authors:	Anderson, Craig Alan, 1952- (Author), Gentile, Douglas A., 1964- (Author)
Other Authors:	Buckley, Katherine E. (d author.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Video games and children. Video games and teenagers. Violence in mass media. Children and violence. Youth and violence. Aggressiveness in children. Aggressiveness in adolescence. Violence. Child development. Child psychology. Violence Adolescent Development Child Development Video Games Adolescent Development [MESH] Child Development [MESH] Video Games [MESH] Violence [MESH] Child Behavior Adolescent Behavior Psychology, Child Jeux vidéo et enfants. Jeux vidéo et adolescents. Violence dans les médias. Enfants et violence. Violence chez les jeunes. Agressivité chez l'enfant. Agressivité chez l'adolescent. Enfants > Développement. Enfants > Psychologie. violence. video games. 76.31 games. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies. Aggressiveness in adolescence Aggressiveness in children Children and violence Video games and children Video games and teenagers Violence in mass media Youth and violence Gewaltdarstellung Jugend Kind Massenmedien Computerspelen. Geweld. Kinderen. Jeux vidéo et enfants > Jeux vidéo et adolescents > Violence dans les médias > Enfants et violence > Violence chez les jeunes > Agressivité chez l'enfant > Agressivité chez l'adolescent. Electronic books.
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Summary:	This volume uses General Aggression Model (GAM) as a basis for explaining and predicting effects and changes in aggression related to exposure to violent video games. The authors also describe how a developmental risk and resilience model can be integrated into GAM to enhance our ability to predict long-term changes.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : illustrations
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index.
ISBN:	9780195345568 0195345568 0195309839 9780195309836 1281163511 9781281163516 9781429468947 1429468947 9786611163518 6611163514 9780199893393 019989339X