Violent Video Games, Externalizing Behavior, and Prosocial Behavior: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study during Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Coyne, Sarah M.; Warburton, Wayne A.; Essig, Lee W.; Stockdale, Laura A.
Titel	Violent Video Games, Externalizing Behavior, and Prosocial Behavior: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study during Adolescence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 54 (2018) 10, S.1868-1880 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000574
Schlagwörter	Violence; Video Games; Aggression; Prosocial Behavior; Adolescents; Empathy; Self Control; Altruism; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Empathie; Selbstbeherrschung; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	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 (M[subscript age] 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01