Cognitive tempo, violent video games, and aggressive behavior in young boys

Irwin, Alexandra; Gross, Alan M.

doi:10.1007/bf02110997

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“…In any case, given that an active participation is required from players, some authors still claim that playing violent electronic games may have worse consequences than exposure to violent images in other media [Calvert and Tan 1994;Irwin and Gross 1995;Schie and Wiegman 1997].…”

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“…With respect to physiological arousal, several authors suggest that these games may increase the player's excitement as they require active participation [Anderson and Dill 2000;Ballard and Wiest 1996;Cooper and Mackie 1986;Griffiths and Dancaster 1995;Irwin and Gross 1995]. However, this type of effect does not seem to be limited to games with violent content.…”

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“…They found that exposure both to the violent cartoon and to the violent electronic game contributed to an increase of their aggressive responses. According to Irwin and Gross [Irwin and Gross 1995], an alternative explanation would be that players' emotional arousal, and not the violent content alone, cause a short-term increases in aggressive behaviour. In Violent Computer Games 8 order to test this physiological arousal effect on impulsive behaviour, Irwin and Gross [Irwin and Gross 1995] carried out a study with seven-and eight-year-old children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to Irwin and Gross [Irwin and Gross 1995], an alternative explanation would be that players' emotional arousal, and not the violent content alone, cause a short-term increases in aggressive behaviour. In Violent Computer Games 8 order to test this physiological arousal effect on impulsive behaviour, Irwin and Gross [Irwin and Gross 1995] carried out a study with seven-and eight-year-old children. They found that playing a violent game had an impact on aggressive behaviour (i. e., physical and verbal aggression toward inanimate objects during free-play; verbal aggression to the confederate during free-play; and physical aggression toward confederate during a competitive/frustrating situation) but did not influence children's preference for more aggressive dolls.…”

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Violent computer games and their effects on state hostility and physiological arousal

Arriaga

Esteves

Carneiro

et al. 2006

Aggressive Behavior

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An experimental study was conducted to investigate the impact of violent computer games on state hostility, state anxiety and arousal. Participants were undergraduate students, aged from 18 to 25 years. Before the experimental sessions, participants filled in self‐report measures concerning their video game habits and were also pre‐tested for aggressiveness and trait anxiety. Physiological responses (heart rate and skin conductance) were measured during the experiment. After playing, information about state hostility and state anxiety was collected. The results showed that participants who played the violent game reported significantly higher state hostility, and support the assumption that an aggressive personality moderates the effect of playing a violent game on state hostility. Aggr. Behav. 32:146–158. 2006 © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Violent computer games and their effects on state hostility and physiological arousal

Arriaga

Esteves

Carneiro

et al. 2006

Aggressive Behavior

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“…In fact, significant relationship between playing violent video games, aggressiveness and impulsivity was revealed in the studies which researched children (Irwin & Gross, 1995), adolescents (Rozi & Muhyiddin, 2013;Lin & Lepper, 1987;Griffiths & Hunt, 1993) and young adults (Rozi & Muhyiddin, 2013;Bartholow & Anderson, 2002;Hasan et al, 2013;Adachi & Willoughby, 2011;Bartholow et al, 2005;Ballard & West, 1996;Anderson & Morrow,1995).…”

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Violent Video Games Cause Aggression in Young Females

Makashvili¹,

Amirejibi²,

Chitiashvili³

et al. 2014

JLCJ

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The question addressed in the current study is if playing violent video games might have an influence on the level of aggression of the gamer. Young female adults, mean age 22, with no prior experience of playing video games, were asked to fill in the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire before and after playing: violent video game "Last Stand" (Experimental Group) and non-violent video game "Tetris" (Control Group). Paired-samples t-test revealed significant difference in means on the physical aggression subscale in the experimental group before (M= 20, SD=6.0) and after playing the video game (M= 22, SD= 6.6), t (43)= -2.7, p= .009, while no significant difference was found between the means of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire before and after playing non-violent video game in the Control Group. Playing violent video games is suggested to influence the emotional domain and to increase the physical aggression of the female participants, naïve to playing violent games.

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