How Long Do the Short-Term Violent Video Game Effects Last?

摘要

How long do the effects of the initial short-term increase in aggression and physiological arousal last after violent video game play?Study 1 (N = 91) had participants complete pre- and postvideo game measures of aggressive thoughts, aggressive feelings, and heartrate. Then, participants completed Time 3 measures after 4 min or 9 min of delay. Study 2 employed a similar procedure, but hadparticipants (N = 91) complete the hot sauce paradigm to assess aggressive behavior after a 0, 5, or 10min delay. First, resultsindicated that aggressive feelings, aggressive thoughts, aggressive behavior, and heart rate initially increased after violent video gameplay. Second, results of the delay condition revealed that the increase in aggressive feelings and aggressive thoughts lasted less than4 min, whereas heart rate and aggressive behavior lasted 4-9 min. Aggr. Behay.