TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Aggressive Outcomes and Videogame Play: The Role of Length of Play and the Mechanisms at Work JO - Media psychology A1 - Krcmar, Marina A1 - Lachlan, Kenneth A. SP - 249 EP - 267 VL - 12 IS - 3 N2 - Recent meta-analytic findings (Sherry, 2007) suggest that the effect of violent video games on aggression tends to decrease the longer participants play. Therefore, it is likely that different mechanisms may be at work depending on the length of play. In this study, we employed a 4 (length of game play) ? 2 (sex) design to examine the effect of length of video game play on aggressive outcomes. Findings suggest that length of play may be curvilinearly related to verbal and physical aggression, and that arousal may mediate this response. Implications for our current understanding of the relationship between video games and aggression are discussed, along with directions for further research. Recent meta-analytic findings (Sherry, 2007) suggest that the effect of violent video games on aggression tends to decrease the longer participants play. Therefore, it is likely that different mechanisms may be at work depending on the length of play. In this study, we employed a 4 (length of game play) ? 2 (sex) design to examine the effect of length of video game play on aggressive outcomes. Findings suggest that length of play may be curvilinearly related to verbal and physical aggression, and that arousal may mediate this response. Implications for our current understanding of the relationship between video games and aggression are discussed, along with directions for further research.

LA - SN - 1521-3269 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213260903052257 ID - ref1 ER -