Violent video games and forgiveness
by Stone, William Bruce, Iii, M.S., IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2010, 50 pages; 1476353

Abstract:

The effect of playing a violent video game on forgiveness was investigated. A transgression context was created in an experimental setting and video game violence was manipulated in two levels (violence or no violence). Subsequent measures of empathy, hostility, and forgiveness were made. No evidence was found of an effect of video game violence on forgiveness or hostility. Empathy was not affected by video game violence. No evidence of a correlation between empathy and forgiveness, or hostility and forgiveness was found. The findings are incongruent with forgiveness theory that posits that empathy predicts forgiveness, and inconclusive as to whether violent video game playing causes a decrease in forgiveness or an increase in hostility. Suggestions for future research are discussed.
 
AdviserDouglas Gentile
SchoolIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 48-05, p. , Jun 2010
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsSocial psychology; Statistics; Mass communication
Publication Number1476353
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