The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance
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The video game habits of adolescents in America and the level of parental monitoring of adolescent game use are documented and the associations among violent video game exposure, hostility, arguments with teachers, school grades and physical fights are examined. The results obtained from the general aggression model shows that exposure to video game violence would be positively correlated with trait hostility.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2004
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Evaluation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a predictor of adolescent real-world risk-taking behaviors
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The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) that was administered to a sample of 26 high school-aged adolescents to test the utility of the BART as a behavioral measure of risk-taking propensity is presented. The data indicated that risky ness on the BART was related to self-reported engagement in real-world risk-taking behaviors.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2003
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Minimizing respondent attrition in longitudinal research: practical implications from a cohort study of adolescent drinking
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A project that is employed to maximize retention in the longitudinal study of alcohol use in adolescents between fifteen to seventeen years of age is discussed. Various strategies used to minimize attrition in this project are explained.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2003
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