The effect of violence and competition within video games on aggression

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Highlights:

• Competitive video game content increased aggressive affect.

• Losing in a competitive video game increased aggressive affect.

• Violent video game content did not impact aggressive affect.

• Aggressive behaviour was not impacted but the findings raise questions of the validity of the TCRTT.

摘要

•Competitive video game content increased aggressive affect.•Losing in a competitive video game increased aggressive affect.•Violent video game content did not impact aggressive affect.•Aggressive behaviour was not impacted but the findings raise questions of the validity of the TCRTT.

论文关键词:Video games,Aggression,Competition,Violence

论文评审过程:Received 10 November 2018, Revised 22 April 2019, Accepted 1 May 2019, Available online 2 May 2019, Version of Record 15 May 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.002