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Fraser, Ashley M.; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Coyne, Sarah M.; Nelson, Larry J.; Stockdale, Laura A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Exposure to media violence, including violent video gaming, can have a cognitive desensitization effect, lowering empathic concern for others in need. Since emerging adulthood offers increased opportunities to volunteer, strengthen relationships, and initiate new relationships, decreases in empathic concern and prosocial behavior may prove…
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Video Games, Empathy, Volunteers
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Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Coyne, Sarah M.; Fraser, Ashley M. – Family Relations, 2012
The way families have used the media has substantially changed over the past decade. Within the framework of family systems theory, this paper examines the relations between family media use and family connection in a sample of 453 adolescents (mean age of child = 14.32 years, SD = 0.98, 52% female) and their parents. Results revealed that cell…
Descriptors: Video Games, Family (Sociological Unit), Systems Approach, Correlation