Do Stereotypic Images in Video Games Affect Attitudes and Behavior? Adolescents' Perspectives.

نویسندگان

  • Alexandra Henning
  • Alaina Brenick
  • Melanie Killen
  • Alexander O'Connor
  • Michael J Collins
چکیده

This study examined adolescents' attitudes about video games along with their self-reported play frequency. Ninth and eleventh grade students (N = 361), approximately evenly divided by grade and gender, were surveyed about whether video games have stereotypic images, involve harmful consequences or affect one's attitudes, whether game playing should be regulated by parents or the government, and whether game playing is a personal choice. Adolescents who played video games frequently showed decreased concern about the effects that games with negatively stereotyped images may have on the players' attitudes compared to adolescents who played games infrequently or not at all. With age, adolescents were more likely to view images as negative, but were also less likely to recognize stereotypic images of females as harmful and more likely to judge video-game playing as a personal choice. The paper discusses other findings in relation to research on adolescents' social cognitive judgments.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Children, youth and environments

دوره 19 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009