The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance.

By D. A. Gentile, P. Lynch, J. Linder, D. Walsh. Journal des adolescens, 2004

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Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century. (2007, background): “This is greatly less than the average for today’s adolescents, who average 9 h/wk (13 h/wk for adolescent boys and 5 h/wk for adolescent girls).(2) Furthermore, research on the amount of gaming has shown a negative correlation with school performance for adolescents and college students.”
Violent Video Games as Exemplary Teachers: A Conceptual Analysis (2008, background): “…additional risk factors are observed for aggressive behavior and desensitization to violence (again in parallel with the data on viewing violent television; e.g., Anderson and Dill 2000; Anderson et al. 2003, 2007; Bartholow et al. 2006; Carnagey et al. 2007; Gentile 2003; Gentile et al. 2004).”
Violent video games: Specific effects of violent content on aggressive thoughts and behavior (2004, background): “A survey of eighth and ninth grade students found boys playing about 13 hours a week and girls about 5 hours a week ( Gentile, Lynch, Linder, & Walsh, 2004 ).”
Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on prosocial thoughts, affect, and behavior. (2009, positive): “…(Bartholow, Bushman, & Sestir, 2006; Carnagey, Anderson, & Bushman, 2007), punitive behavior (Bartholow & Anderson, 2002), physical violence (Gentile et al., 2004), and criminal actions (Anderson & Dill, 2000), and decreases donations to a charity (Chambers & Ascione, 1987) and cooperative…”
Prosocial video games reduce aggressive cognitions (2009, background): “In fact, playing video games with violent content may lead to criminal actions (Anderson & Dill, 2000) and physical violence (Gentile et al., 2004), whereas reducing children’s exposure to media violence reduces aggressive tendencies (Robinson, Wilde, Navracruz, Haydel, & Varady, 2001).”
Older and Newer Media: Patterns of Use and Effects on Adolescents' Health and Well-Being. (2011, background): “In a survey of eighth and ninth graders, 31% reported that their parents did not understand video game ratings; only 15% reported that their parents regularly checked game ratings before the teens purchased new games (Gentile et al., 2004).”
A normative study of family media habits (2002, result): “Parents’ lack of knowledge and use of rating systems are consistent with other studies (e.g., Gentile et al., 2002; Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999; Krcmar, Pulaski, & Curtis, 2001; Walsh, 2000), although we found somewhat higher levels of parental rules regarding media use than many other…”
Parental mediation of children’s videogame playing: a comparison of the reports by parents and children (2006, background): “Email: p.nikken@nizw.nl examined how parents mediated playing video- and computer games (Skoien & Berthelsen, 1996; Van den Bulck & Van den Bergh, 2000; Gentile & Walsh, 2002; Gentile et al., 2004).”
Anonymously hurting others online: The effect of anonymity on cyberbullying frequency. (2015, methodology): “To estimate weekly averages of instant messaging and e-mailing, an adapted version of the Media Habits Questionnaire (Gentile et al., 2004) was used.2 To compute weekly e-mail frequency, participants indicated how many hours they e-mailed others (and checked e-mail) on an average weekday and weekend”