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Publication details [#60514]

Brändle, Gaspar, Reynaldo G. Rivera and Miguel A. Martín Cárdaba. 2015. Violent audiovisual content and social consequences: The moderating role of aggression in adolescents. Communications 40 (2) : 199–218.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

Drawing on teenager data from two European countries, a positive correlation is shown to exist between violent videogame use and aggressive behavioral intent. The more aggressive users wished to mimic the characters, the more heated they got even when their main aim was to relieve stress or unbend.