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dc.contributor.authorDevilly, Grant James
dc.contributor.authorCallahan, Patch
dc.contributor.authorArmitage, Grenville
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:29:54Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:29:54Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-08-29T22:53:20Z
dc.identifier.issn0005-0067
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1742-9544.2010.00008.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41201
dc.description.abstractStudies have found evidence that, after playing violent videogames for 20 min, people experience a mean short-term increase in aggression, hostility, and anger. The current research investigated whether or not players habituate during longer, more realistic lengths of play. Participants (N = 98) were randomly assigned to play the game Quake III Arena for either 20 or 60 min. Participants in the long condition showed a smaller change in state anger (CSA) from pre- to post-gameplay than those in the short condition, although this did not reach significance. Change in scores for gamers (not novice players) showed that short gaming led to a larger increase in anger ratings than long gaming.When the results for violent videogame players were analysed separately, there was no significant increase in anger post-gameplay-irrespective of length of time playing. Results also supported the hypotheses that females would show a significantly larger CSA than males and that participants previously unexposed to violent videogames would show a significantly larger CSA than exposed participants.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom98
dc.relation.ispartofpageto107
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Psychologist
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleThe effect of violent videogame playtime on anger
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDevilly, Grant J.


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