The effects of violent video games and shyness on individuals’ aggressive behaviors

Yu, Tian; Gao, Mingjian; Wang, Peng; Gao, Fengqiang

doi:10.1002/ab.21869

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“…It can have little effects such as discomfort or emotional distress, but it can also have big consequences such as low self-esteem and the onset of depression or anxiety (Brakespear & Cachia, 2021). In the prior studies shyness has been associated to various issues as an example, inappropriate internet usage (Tian et al, 2020) and mobile phones addiction (Han et al, 2017;Bian & Leung, 2015).…”

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Behaviour Factors and Smartphone Addiction among Youth in Selected Public Universities in Klang Valley

Munusamy¹,

Ghazali²

2022

IJARBSS

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The smartphone has become an indispensable tool for reshaping human existence and life. Smartphones have been created as a valuable variety of functions and greater movability as a result of the development of smartphones, which has increased the high prevalence of smartphone use, specifically youngsters. Smartphone use is a part of digital technologies, like internet, and it has been expected to have a comparable impact, mainly on youth. People are becoming addicted or dependent on smartphones as a result of its appealing and convenient features, as well as their multipurpose function, to the point where a day without smartphone use seems to them to be an incomplete day. However, such social issues seem to elicit less attention from academicians, resulting in poor understanding of the topic. As a result, this research aims to identify behaviour factors on smartphone usage and determine the relationship between behavior factors and smartphone addiction among youths. There were employed survey method in this study. The research was carried out on 400 youths from four public universities in Klang Valley. The finding identified most of the respondents spent more that 12 hours on Internet usage. Based on the result concluded smartphone addiction is correlated with behavior factors namely loneliness, shyness, and stress. Higher assessment on the Internet tie-up on smartphone addiction. To mitigate the negative consequences, it is suggested that government need to give serious attention and must come out with prevention strategies focusing on attitudes that helping youths to set limits for their smartphone accessibility. Apart from that, future studies require different group of respondents and widen range of geographical scope in identifying smartphone users' behaviors and mental health issues.

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Section: Shyness and Smartphone Addictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behaviour Factors and Smartphone Addiction among Youth in Selected Public Universities in Klang Valley

Munusamy¹,

Ghazali²

2022

IJARBSS

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“…In academic literature, there are three different notions of violent games and aggressive behavior. On the first note, many academic literatures postulate that increased displays of violence in videogames have a direct positive relationship with rising human aggression ( Hollingdale and Greitemeyer, 2014 ; Riva et al, 2017 ; Greitemeyer, 2018 ; Tian et al, 2020 ). On the other hand, many academics argue that these studies are limited as they use self-reported data ( Prot et al, 2014 ).…”

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“…The debate has resulted in the formation of two schools of thought. One argues that engagement with violent games as studied through the GAM tends to increase aggression in the consumer’s behavior by desensitizing them to display violence and gore ( Hollingdale and Greitemeyer, 2014 ; Tian et al, 2020 ). The extent of the link between media violence and aggression is still debated, but many studies provide evidence that engagement with violence in videogames has a negligible effect on the psyche of consumers ( Przybylski and Weinstein, 2019 ; Johannes et al, 2022 ).…”

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The effect of three violent videogame engagement states on aggressive behavior: A partial least squares structural equation modeling approach

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Debate on violent games and their effect on aggressive behavior remains inconclusive. This study aims to study the predicting role of cognitive, affective, and behavioral engagement states in violent videogames on aggressive behavior, which remains nebulous to date. We visited gaming zones and administered the study survey to collect data from violent videogame users. We collected 208 valid responses that were further analyzed. The present study used SmartPLS (3.3.3) software to perform partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis in two stages. In the first stage, the measurement model assessment reported that cognitive, affective, behavioral, and aggressive behavior proved to be reliable reflective-formative composite constructs. Whereas, the second phase illustrated that cognitive engagement in violent videogames fails to impact aggressive behavior. The other two engagement states (affective and behavioral) in violent games showed a positive impact on aggressive behavior. Our study contributes to aggressive behavior literature by understanding how violent videogame engagement states impact aggressive behavior, which is crucial to recognize aggression so that steps can be taken toward addressing it. This study also contributes methodologically by utilizing the hierarchical component model (HCM) approach to estimate, specify, and validate the hierarchical structure of higher-order constructs (i.e., consumer violent videogame engagement dimensions (cognitive, affective, and behavioral) and aggressive behavior) as reflective-formative composite models.

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“…As the online social world continues to expand, some observers have noted an increase of individuals behaving in an unrestrained manner on the Internet (Joinson, 2005). A considerable amount of literature has been published on online violent video games (OVVGs), particularly among adolescents (Lenhart et al, 2008;Shao et al, 2019;Tian et al, 2019). OVVGs refer to online interactive activities based on Internet technology, which includes violence, fighting, and other ways of expression (Anderson & Bushman, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some researchers have suggested that OVVGs are linked to various negative behaviors, such as hostility, physical altercations, poor school performance, and aggressive behaviors (Anderson et al, 2004;Groves et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2018). Many studies have explored the relationship between violent video games and aggression (Lam et al, 2013;Tian et al, 2019), and some studies of violent video games effect on aggression have shown that aggressive cognition and aggressive affect appeared to mediate both short-term and long-term effects . But, few studies have explored the effects of OVVGs on online aggressive behavior (OAB), and the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms of such relationships remain largely unexplored.…”

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Online violent video games and online aggressive behavior among Chinese college students: The role of anger rumination and self‐control

Zheng

Chen

Wang

et al. 2021

Aggressive Behavior

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Online aggressive behavior (OAB) has received increasing attention in recent years, and that playing online violent video games (OVVG) is an important predictor of OAB. However, little is known of the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study aims to investigate (a) the mediating role of anger rumination in the association between OVVG and OAB and (b) the moderating role of self-control in the relationship between anger rumination and OAB. A total of 595 Chinese college students (M age = 19.59 years, SD age = 1.40) completed measurements regarding OVVG, anger rumination, self-control, and OAB. The correlation analyses showed that OVVG was significantly positively associated with anger rumination and OAB. Mediation analyses revealed anger rumination partially mediated the link between OVVG and OAB.Moderated mediation further indicated that anger rumination was not associated with OAB for individuals with high levels of self-control. However, for those with low levels of self-control, anger rumination was significantly associated with OAB. These findings suggest that the improvement of self-control and the decline of anger rumination could be a practicable way to address the issue of OAB effectively.

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The effects of violent video games and shyness on individuals’ aggressive behaviors

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Behaviour Factors and Smartphone Addiction among Youth in Selected Public Universities in Klang Valley

Behaviour Factors and Smartphone Addiction among Youth in Selected Public Universities in Klang Valley

The effect of three violent videogame engagement states on aggressive behavior: A partial least squares structural equation modeling approach

Online violent video games and online aggressive behavior among Chinese college students: The role of anger rumination and self‐control

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