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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 192-199 |
Journal | Computers in Human Behavior |
Volume | 78 |
Early online date | Sept 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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.2017.09.035Keywords
- Video games
- Militarism
- Cultivation
- Moral disengagement
- Hostile attribution bias