The Mode and Brutality of Electronic Games and the Level of Aggression Among Players
Abstract
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to answer the question of whether violence and selected mode of video gaming may affect the level of aggression in the players.
THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research was conducted within two stages and it was the Quasi – Experiment. Three equal sub-groups of participants took part in it; they were divided according to their video game preferences. On the he first stage the participants were asked to complete the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The second stage took place after three months on gaming and it covered refilling the same questionnaire This semi-experimental study comprised – 45 men and 15 women.
THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Introduction to the topic of online and offline computer games. Presentation of the state of scientific research on the positive and negative consequences of playing games. Description of the experiment’s methodology. Presentation and discussion of the results. 5. Distinction between the impact of game mode and the degree of its violence on the level of aggression in players.
RESEARCH RESULTS: There was no increase in the follow-up aggression scores in the group playing violent games offline, as opposed to the online gamers. Very similar levels of aggressionincrease were observed in online players of both violent and non-violent games. Aggression levels increased in online gamers regardless of the games’ brutality, while in the offline group, no significant changes between baseline and endpoint aggression statistical assessments were recorded.
CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH: Our results indicate that video gaming mode may mediate the effect of the level of brutality on the increase of aggression and suggest little effect of violent video games on increased aggression in the population of gamers. These conclusions can be used in preventive and educational strategies including limiting playing computer games.
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