The relationship between violent video games, acculturation, and aggression among Latino adolescents

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Main Author: S. Liliana Escobar
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contents The relationship between violent video games, acculturation, and aggression among Latino adolescents S. Liliana Escobar Steve Kelder Pamela Orpinas Medicina latinos violence adolescent aggression video games Multiple factors are involved in the occurrence of aggressive behavior. The purpose of this studywas to evaluate the hypotheses that Latino middle school children exposed to higher levels ofvideo game playing will exhibit a higher level of aggression and fighting compared to childrenexposed to lower levels and that the more acculturated middle school Latino children will playmore video games and will prefer more violent video games compared to less acculturatedmiddle school Latino children. This study involved 5,831 students attending eight public schoolsin Texas. A linear relationship was observed between the time spent playing video games andaggression scores. Higher aggression scores were significantly associated with heavier videoplaying for boys and girls (p<0.0001). The more students played video games, the more theyfought at school (p<0.0001). As Latino middle school students were more acculturated, theirpreference for violent video game playing increased, as well as the amount of time they playedvideo games. Students who reported speaking more Spanish at home and with their friends wereless likely to spend large amounts of time playing video games and less likely to prefer violentvideo games (p<0.05) 2002 artículo científico 0120-4157 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84309608 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=843 Biomédica application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Biomédica (Colombia) Num.Su2 Vol.22
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spellingShingle The relationship between violent video games, acculturation, and aggression among Latino adolescents
S. Liliana Escobar
Medicina
latinos
violence
adolescent
aggression
video games
The relationship between violent video games, acculturation, and aggression among Latino adolescents S. Liliana Escobar Steve Kelder Pamela Orpinas Medicina latinos violence adolescent aggression video games Multiple factors are involved in the occurrence of aggressive behavior. The purpose of this studywas to evaluate the hypotheses that Latino middle school children exposed to higher levels ofvideo game playing will exhibit a higher level of aggression and fighting compared to childrenexposed to lower levels and that the more acculturated middle school Latino children will playmore video games and will prefer more violent video games compared to less acculturatedmiddle school Latino children. This study involved 5,831 students attending eight public schoolsin Texas. A linear relationship was observed between the time spent playing video games andaggression scores. Higher aggression scores were significantly associated with heavier videoplaying for boys and girls (p<0.0001). The more students played video games, the more theyfought at school (p<0.0001). As Latino middle school students were more acculturated, theirpreference for violent video game playing increased, as well as the amount of time they playedvideo games. Students who reported speaking more Spanish at home and with their friends wereless likely to spend large amounts of time playing video games and less likely to prefer violentvideo games (p<0.05) 2002 artículo científico 0120-4157 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84309608 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=843 Biomédica application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Biomédica (Colombia) Num.Su2 Vol.22
title The relationship between violent video games, acculturation, and aggression among Latino adolescents
topic Medicina
latinos
violence
adolescent
aggression
video games
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84309608