The Role of Violent Video Game Content in Adolescent Development

By Cheryl K. Olson, L. Kutner, Dorothy E. Warner. 2008

152 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How researchers see this paper

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In Education

1. C. Ferguson
2. Teena Willoughby
3. Paul J. C. Adachi
4. Cheryl K. Olson
5. S. M. Rueda

In Social Psychology

1. C. Ferguson
2. S. M. Rueda
3. Teena Willoughby
4. Paul J. C. Adachi
5. Cheryl K. Olson
6. Tobias Greitemeyer
7. Dirk O. Mügge
8. Pamela M. Kato

In Sociology and Political Science

1. C. Ferguson
2. S. M. Rueda
3. Cheryl K. Olson
4. Teena Willoughby
5. Paul J. C. Adachi
6. Tobias Greitemeyer
7. Dirk O. Mügge
8. Pamela M. Kato

Citations in the corpus

• Do Video Games Promote Positive Youth Development? (2013, background): “Olson et al. (2008) conducted a qualitative study to investigate why American adolescent boys (aged 12 to 14 years) play violent video games and if they perceive nonviolent games to be fun.”
• Children's Motivations for Video Game Play in the Context of Normal Development (2010, background): “Using games to work out anger also came up repeatedly in focus groups (Olson et al., 2008), for example, “Getting wrapped up in a violent game, it’s good.”
• The Hitman Study Violent Video Game Exposure Effects on Aggressive Behavior, Hostile Feelings, and Depression (2010, background): “As such violent video games may provide mood management for coping with stress and depression as some previous research has suggested (Colwell, 2007; Olson et al., 2008).”