TITLE:
Are Boys More Aggressive than Girls after Playing Violent Computer Games Online? An Insight into an Emotional Stroop Task
AUTHORS:
Jingjin Tian, Zhang Qian
KEYWORDS:
Boys; Girls; Violent Computer Games; Children
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
26,
2014
ABSTRACT: The study was to examine the gender
differences in aggression among Chinese children after playing violent computer
games by using emotional STROOP task. 98 children participated in this study,
with 49 assigned to violent computer game group and the other 49 assigned to
nonviolent computer game group. The results demonstrated that there were
significant differences in main affect of game type, and significant Game Type
× Gender interaction as well. In particular, boys’ aggression was significantly
impacted by violent games, whereas girls’ aggression was not significantly
impacted by violent games. The implication of this research is that, the
significant difference in aggression to gender is activated, and that boys were
more aggressive and sensitive to violent games than girls.