Violent video games, externalizing behavior, and prosocial behavior: A five-year longitudinal study during adolescence
Autor: | Sarah M. Coyne, Wayne Warburton, Lee W. Essig, Laura Stockdale |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Longitudinal study Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Psychology Adolescent 050109 social psychology Empathy Violence Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Longitudinal Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies Social Behavior Video game Empathic concern Demography media_common Problem Behavior Aggression 05 social sciences Self-control Computer game Cross-Sectional Studies Prosocial behavior Video Games Adolescent Behavior Female medicine.symptom Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
Zdroj: | Developmental psychology. 54(10) |
ISSN: | 1939-0599 |
Popis: | Decades of research on the effects of media violence have examined associations between viewing aggressive material in the media and aggression and prosocial behavior. However, the existing longitudinal studies have tended to exclusively examine aggression and prosocial behavior as outcomes, with a limited range of potential mediators. The current study examines associations between playing violent video games and externalizing and prosocial behavior over a 5-year period across adolescence. Additionally, the study examines potential mediators of these associations, including empathic concern, benevolence, and self-regulation. Participants included 488 adolescents (Mage of child at Wave 1 = 13.83, SD = 0.98) and their parents, who completed self- and parental measures at three different time points, each 2 years apart. Results revealed that early exposure to video game violence was indirectly associated with lower levels of prosocial behavior as mediated by lower levels of benevolence. Additionally, early video game violence play was associated with higher levels of externalizing behavior at the cross-sectional level, but not 5 years later. Implications of results for adolescents and parents are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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