• J Adolesc Health · Jul 2008

    Video games and adolescents' intentions to take risks in traffic.

    • Kathleen Beullens, Keith Roe, and Jan Van den Bulck.
    • Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Kathleen.Beullens@soc.kuleuven.be
    • J Adolesc Health. 2008 Jul 1; 43 (1): 87-90.

    AbstractIn a sample of 2193 adolescents the impact of racing games and drive'em up games on the intention to engage in risky driving was examined. The results indicated that playing video games is a small predictor of attitudes (standardized total effect of .171), which in turn, predict fun riding intentions (R(2) = .555).

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