The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance
University of Oklahoma Medical Center · Linfield College
Abstract
Video games have become one of the favorite activities of American children. A growing body of research is linking violent video game play to aggressive cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors. The first goal of this study was to document the video games habits of adolescents and the level of parental monitoring of adolescent video game use. The second goal was to examine associations among violent video game exposure, hostility, arguments with teachers, school grades, and physical fights. In addition, path analyses were conducted to test mediational pathways from video game habits to outcomes. Six hundred and seven 8th- and 9th-grade students from four schools participated. Adolescents who expose themselves to…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 153.98
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 45
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4Topics & keywords
- Hostility
- Video game
- Aggression
- Psychology
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Poison control
- Injury prevention
- Path analysis (statistics)
- Peace, Justice and strong institutions