Use of military-themed first-person shooter games and militarism: An investigation of two potential facilitating mechanisms

Toby HOPP, Scott PARROTT, Yuan WANG

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Abstract

This study explored the link between use of military-themed first-person shooter games and militaristic attitudes. Using cultivation theory as a backdrop, the present work suggested that moral disengagement and hostile attribution bias facilitate a positive relationship between military-themed first-person shooter game use and militaristic attitudes. Results of a path model indicated that moral disengagement did, in fact, serve as an intermediary in the relationship between military-themed first-person shooter game use and participant militarism. However, this study did not show any evidence that use of military-themed first-person games was statistically related to hostile attribution bias or that hostile attribution bias was associated with militaristic attitudes. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)192-199
JournalComputers in Human Behavior
Volume78
Early online dateSept 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

Citation

Hopp, T., Parrott, S., & Wang, Y. (2018). Use of military-themed first-person shooter games and militarism: An investigation of two potential facilitating mechanisms. Computers in Human Behavior, 78, 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.035

Keywords

  • Video games
  • Militarism
  • Cultivation
  • Moral disengagement
  • Hostile attribution bias

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