Liu Yanling,Chen Haiying,Teng Zhaojun,Yang Yingkai.Effects of online violent games on implicit aggressiveness of college students exposed to different real-life violence[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2016,38(20):2248-2252.
Liu Yanling,Chen Haiying,Teng Zhaojun,Yang Yingkai.Effects of online violent games on implicit aggressiveness of college students exposed to different real-life violence[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2016,38(20):2248-2252.DOI:
Effects of online violent games on implicit aggressiveness of college students exposed to different real-life violence
Objective To investigate the effects of online violent games on implicit aggressiveness of college students exposed to different real-life violence. Methods A total of 373 undergraduates were recruited and tested with reallife violence exposure questionnaire to reveal the current situation of violence exposure. Among them
66 undergraduates were chosen for implicit association test to further investigate the impact of violent games on their implicit aggressiveness. Results ①Differences in implicit aggressiveness was not significant in different genders(P0.05). ②The violent type of games significantly affected implicit aggressiveness(P0.05). ③The priming effect of violence exposure on implicit aggressiveness was obvious
showing a significantly higher score of implicit aggressiveness in students with highviolence and lowviolence exposure(P0.05). ④The 2 impact factors
types of games and levels (high or low) of violence exposure
on implicit aggressiveness were significantly interacted. The college students exposed to lowviolence in real life were easier to be affected by online violent games
and their implicit aggressiveness significantly increased(P0.05). Conclusion Our study demonstrates that online violent games significantly increase implicit aggressiveness of college student with low-violence exposure in real-life.