TY  - GEN
A1  - Hartmann, Tilo
A1  - Möller, Ingrid
A1  - Krause, Christina
T1  - Factors underlying male and female use of violent video games
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Research has consistently shown that males play violent video games more frequently than females, but factors underlying this gender gap have not been examined to date. This approach examines the assumption that males play violent video games more because they anticipate more enjoyment and less guilt from engaging in virtual violence than females. This may be because males are less empathetic, tend to morally justify physical violence more and have a greater need for sensation and aggression in video game play than females. Results of a path model based on survey data of 444 respondents and using multi-step multiple mediation analyses confirm these assumptions. Taken together, the findings of this study shed further light on the gender gap in violent video game use.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 394 
KW  - emotions
KW  - enjoyment
KW  - gender
KW  - guilt
KW  - media choice
KW  - media use
KW  - moral disengagement
KW  - selective exposure
KW  - video games
KW  - violence
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404513
IS  - 394
ER  -