The Effects of Violent Video Game Habits on Adolescent Hostility, Aggressive Behaviors, and School Performance

Autor/inn/en	Gentile, Douglas, A.; Lynch, Paul, J.; Linder, Jennifer Ruh; Walsh, David, A.
Titel	The Effects of Violent Video Game Habits on Adolescent Hostility, Aggressive Behaviors, and School Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 27 (2004) 1, S.5-22 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2003.10.002
Schlagwörter	Psychological Patterns; Adolescents; Video Games; Violence; Aggression; Parent Responsibility; Path Analysis; Grade 8; Grade 9; Teacher Student Relationship; Antisocial Behavior; Student Behavior; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Gewalt; Pfadanalyse; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung
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 greater amounts of video game violence were more hostile, reported getting into arguments with teachers more frequently, were more likely to be involved in physical fights, and performed more poorly in school. Mediational pathways were found such that hostility mediated the relationship between violent video game exposure and outcomes. Results are interpreted within and support the framework of the General Aggression Model. (Author).
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