Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 230-236 , March 2004

Hostility among adolescents in Switzerland? multivariate relations between excessive media use and forms of violence

  • Emmanuel N Kuntsche, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Emmanuel N. Kuntsche, Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Research Department, PO Box 870, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland.
    • Research Department of the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

,Accepted 2 May 2003.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00266-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.05.001

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 230-236 , March 2004