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Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-Analytic Review
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Anderson, Craig A.; Shibuya, Akiko; Ihori, Nobuko; Swing, Edward L.; Bushman, Brad J.; Sakamoto, Akira; Rothstein, Hannah R.; Saleem, Muniba – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
Meta-analytic procedures were used to test the effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, empathy/desensitization, and prosocial behavior. Unique features of this meta-analytic review include (a) more restrictive methodological quality inclusion criteria than in past…
Descriptors: Research Design, Antisocial Behavior, Video Games, Aggression
The Effects of the Presence and Contexts of Video Game Violence on Children: A Longitudinal Study in Japan
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Shibuya, Akiko; Sakamoto, Akira; Ihori, Nobuko; Yukawa, Shintaro – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
A 1-year panel study of 591 children in fifth grade explored the accumulative effects of the presence and contexts of video game violence on aggression and the antiviolence norm in Japan, on the basis of a comprehensive content analysis of video game violence. The results suggest that contextual effects of violent video games are quite complex,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Statistical Data, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis