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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence (Facts for Families, updated Aug. 2006).

American Academy of Pediatrics. “Policy Statement—Media Violence,” Pediatrics (Nov. 2009): Vol. 124, No. 5, pp. 1495–503. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19841118

Anderson CA. “An Update on the Effects of Playing Violent Video Games,” Journal of Adolescence (Feb. 2004): Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 113–22. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15013264

Anderson CA, et al. “Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-Analytic Review,” Psychological Bulletin (March 2010): Vol. 136, No. 2, pp. 151–73. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20192553

Ferguson CJ. “Blazing Angels or Resident Evil? Can Violent Video Games Be a Force for Good?” Review of General Psychology (June 2010): Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 68–81.

Ito M, et al. Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2008).

Lenhart A, et al. Teens, Video Games, and Civics (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008).

Markey PM, et al. “Vulnerability to Violent Video Games: A Review and Integration of Personality Research,” Review of General Psychology (June 2010): Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 82–91.

Olson CK. “Children's Motivations for Video Game Play in the Context of Normal Development,” Review of General Psychology (June 2010): Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 180–87.

Olson CK, et al. “Factors Correlated with Violent Video Game Use by Adolescent Boys and Girls,” Journal of Adolescent Health (July 2007): Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 77–83. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17577537

Przybylski AK, et al. “A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement,” Review of General Psychology (June 2010): Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 154–66.

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11294143

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