The effects of violent video games on aggression.

By John L. Sherry. 2001

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Virtual Cultivation: Online Worlds, Offline Perceptions (2006, background): “…than for the relatively passive experience of television viewing (Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Anderson & Dill, 2000), an assumption disputed by others in what has become a hotly contested research area (Dill & Dill, 1998; Freedman, 2002; Griffiths, 1999, 2000; Sherry, 2001; Sherry & Lucas, 2003).”
Orientations to Video Games Among Gender and Age Groups (2010, background): “Empirical video games research has focused largely on traditional media effects issues, particularly the effects of violent video games on aggression (see Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Funk, 1992; MediaScope, 1996; Sherry, 2001).”
Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (2008, background): “The relationship between playing violent games and aggressive feelings and emotions has been well established (for reviews, see Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Sherry, 2001).”
Sex Differences in Video Game Play: (2004, background): “Much of the research has focused on effects of video games,particularly in regard to aggression and arousal levels (for meta-analyses, see Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Sherry, 2001).”
The Lara Phenomenon: Powerful Female Characters in Video Games (2007, background): “The scientific community has responded to these worries by executing dozens of studies about the effects of playing video games (e.g., Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Sherry, 2001).”
Gender differences and styles in the use of digital games (2005, background): “Much of the video game research has focused on potential social problems related to video game use such as the effects of violent video games on aggression (Anderson & Bushman, 2000; Sherry, 2001) or video game addiction (Fisher, 1994).”
Gaming at a LAN event: the social context of playing video games (2005, background): “This means that playing violent games involves the risk that some players will be stimulated to act aggressively (Anderson, 2004; Anderson and Bushman, 2001; Sherry, 2001).”
Violent video games: Specific effects of violent content on aggressive thoughts and behavior (2004, background): “…methodological diYculties inherent in the first studies of any ‘‘new’’ phenomenon, a consensus is emerging that violent video games can cause increases in aggressive behavior in children and in young adults (Anderson, 2000; Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Dill & Dill, 1998; Sherry, 2001; Walsh, 2000).”
Violent Video Games and Aggression (2008, background): “…suggest that the overall effect size (denoted r2 × 100) for correlational and experimental studies of violent video games and violent behavior are positive but small, ranging between 1% and 4% shared variance between video game playing and violent behavior (Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Sherry, 2001).”
Blazing Angels or Resident Evil? Can Violent Video Games be a Force for Good? (2010, background): “Estimates on the size of effect for violent video games on aggressive behavior range from (using r2 100) effectively zero through 2.5% (Anderson & Bushman, 2001; Anderson, 2004; Anderson et al., 2010; Ferguson 2007a/ 2007b; Sherry, 2001/2007).”
The Hitman Study Violent Video Game Exposure Effects on Aggressive Behavior, Hostile Feelings, and Depression (2010, background): “Sherry (2001) found similar effects (r = .15 for aggression in general, although not specified as aggression toward another person).”
Video Games Do Affect Social Outcomes (2014, background): “Finally, some meta-analyses (Ferguson, 2007a, 2007b; Ferguson & Kilburn, 2009; Sherry, 2001) suggest that there is little evidence for the notion that violent video game play is associated with higher aggression.”
How players manage moral concerns to make video game violence enjoyable (2006, background): “The available evidence clearly supports the assumption that violent video games foster aggressive cognitions, affects, and behaviors (e. g., Sherry, 2001; Anderson, 2004; Carnagey and Anderson, 2005).”