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ERIC Number: EJ730098
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb
Pages: 17
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Playing Violent Electronic Games, Hostile Attributional Style, and Aggression-Related Norms in German Adolescents
Krahe, Barbara; Moller, Ingrid
Journal of Adolescence, v27 n1 p53-69 Feb 2004
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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