Playing Violent Electronic Games, Hostile Attributional Style, and Aggression-Related Norms in German Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Krahe, Barbara; Moller, Ingrid
Titel	Playing Violent Electronic Games, Hostile Attributional Style, and Aggression-Related Norms in German Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 27 (2004) 1, S.53-69 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.006
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Norms; Gender Differences; Aggression; Psychological Patterns; Violence; Grade 8; Measures (Individuals); Video Games; Personality Traits; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Normwert; Geschlechterkonflikt; Gewalt; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Messdaten; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Deutschland
Abstract	The relationship was examined between exposure to and preference for violent electronic games and aggressive norms as well as hostile attributional style. Following a pilot study to sample widely used electronic games varying in violent content, 231 eighth-grade adolescents in Germany reported their use of and attraction to violent electronic games. They also completed measures of hostile attributional style and endorsement of aggressive norms. There were significant gender differences in usage and attraction to violent electronic games, with boys scoring higher than girls. Significant relationships were found between attraction to violent electronic games and the acceptance of norms condoning physical aggression. Violent electronic games were linked indirectly to hostile attributional style through aggressive norms. The findings are discussed with respect to North American research on the aggression-enhancing effect of violent electronic games. (Author).
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