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“It Doesn’t Affect Me!” – Do Immunity Beliefs Prevent Subsequent Aggression After Playing a Violent Video Game?

Published:2023-07 Issue:4 Volume:35 Page:234-240
ISSN:1864-1105
Container-title:Journal of Media Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Media Psychology

Author:

Ridge Robert D.¹^ORCID,Hawk Christopher E.²,McCombs Logan D.¹^ORCID,Richards Kelsie J.¹,Schultz Cheyenne A.¹,Ashton Rowan K.¹,Hartvigsen Luke D.¹^ORCID,Bartlett Derek¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

2. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, DigiPen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA, USA

Abstract

Abstract: We identified participants in the United States ( N = 302) who believed that they were vulnerable to becoming more aggressive after playing a violent video game (a vulnerability belief) and those who believed that playing violent video games would not make them more aggressive (an immunity belief). Participants played either a violent or a nonviolent video game and then competed with a fictional opponent in a competitive reaction time task. Results revealed that those with an immunity belief did not behave more aggressively after playing a violent video game. Unexpectedly, those with a vulnerability belief behaved less aggressively after playing a violent video game. We discuss implications for future research and media literacy education.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Applied Psychology,Communication,Social Psychology

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/1864-1105/a000369

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