The effect of justified video game violence on aggressive behavior and moderated immersion: An experimental approach

作者全名："Chen, Shuai; Mao, Bo; Liu, Yanling"

作者地址："[Chen, Shuai; Liu, Yanling] Southwest Univ, Fac Psychol, Res Ctr Mental Hlth Educ, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China; [Mao, Bo] Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Liu, YL (通讯作者)，Southwest Univ, Fac Psychol, Res Ctr Mental Hlth Educ, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China."

来源：AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

ESI学科分类：PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

WOS号：WOS:000868756900001

JCR分区：Q2

影响因子：2.9

年份：2022

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文献类型：Article; Early Access

关键词：aggressive behavior; immersion; justification of violence; moral disengagement; video game

摘要："The effect of violent video games on aggressive behavior is an important topic in the field of game research. Recently, growing evidence suggests that justified game violence decreases feelings of guilt caused by in-game immoral behavior. However, little is known about the impact on aggressive behavior, and whether other factors moderate this effect. In a two-factor experiment, we tested the impact of justification of video game violence on aggressive behavior, and whether this effect would be enhanced by game immersion. Pilot experiment 1 (N = 60) and pilot experiment 2 (N = 40) demonstrated that the justification of violence and game immersion was successfully controlled by avatar and graphics quality. In the Main experiment, 123 participants played one of four conditions of a video game (2 [justification: justified vs. unjustified violence] x 2 [immersion: high vs. low immersion]) and it was found that participants who played in the justified violence condition reported greater aggressive behavior than those in the unjustified violence condition. In addition, participants who played in high immersion reported greater aggressive behavior than those in low immersion. However, game immersion did not moderate the effects of justified violence. This unexpected effect is likely due to participants' distancing themselves from and identifying less with their violent avatars."

基金机构：Chongqing Federation of Social Science [2020SZ29]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University [SWU1909106]

基金资助正文："Chongqing Federation of Social Science, Grant/Award Number: 2020SZ29; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University, Grant/Award Number: SWU1909106"