Citation

Ferguson CJ, Colwell J. Psychol. Pop. Media Cult. 2018; 7(3): 202-215.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Educational Publishing Foundation of the American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/ppm0000128

PMID

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Abstract

The relationship between violent digital games and youth behavior remains contested in the scholarly literature. To date considerable scholarship has focused on university students, with fewer studies of adolescents or children. The current study examines correlational relationships between violent game exposure and bullying behaviors, antisocial attitudes, civic attitudes, and civic behaviors in a sample of 304 children from the United Kingdom (Mean age = 12.81). The paper also considered motivational influences on use of violent digital games.

RESULTS indicated that violent game exposure did not correlate meaningfully with either antisocial or civic behaviors or attitudes. These results are discussed in a motivational and developmental context. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)

Language: en