The social contagious effects of violent video game play: retaliatory, displaced, and the mere observation of aggression

Figures & data

Table 1. Results from a one-way ANOVAs comparing games’ evaluation, with means and standard deviation and Tukey Contrast (Part 1).

	Aggressive	Competitive	Difficult	Exciting	Fast-paced	Frustrating	Fun	Identifying	Intuitive	Realistic
F(5, 184)	37.56***	8.17***	2.21	1.88	9.66***	2.38*	5.34***	3.55**	7.09***	5.49***
Trackmania n=33	2.61 (1.78)^a	4.61 (1.46)^b	3.30 (1.29)^a	4.58 (1.32)^b	5.30 (1.53)^c	3.54 (1.52)^ab	5.09 (1.35)^b	2.94 (1.68)^b	5.45 (1.32)^c	2.70 (1.42)^ab
FlatOut n=29	3.79 (1.68)^b	4.90 (1.29)^b	3.48 (1.59)^a	3.83 (1.60)^ab	4.17 (1.54)^b	3.24 (1.30)^a	3.90 (1.80)^ab	2.41 (1.72)^ab	4.96 (1.52)^bc	2.55 (1.32)^a
Carmaggedon n=34	5.53 (1.46)^c	3.23 (1.46)^a	3.50 (1.50)^a	3.44 (1.78)^a	4.41 (1.63)^bc	4.62 (1.95)^b	3.26 (2.14)^a	1.82 (1.34)^a	4.35 (1.57)^ab	1.94 (0.92)^a
Portal n=32	2.00 (1.24)^a	3.09 (1.91)^a	4.34 (1.33)^a	3.97 (1.49)^ab	2.87 (1.38)^a	3.75 (1.87)^ab	4.75 (1.92)^b	2.87 (1.86)^ab	4.50 (1.57)^ac	2.28 (1.53)^a
Battlefront II n=30	4.03 (1.52)^b	3.30 (1.42)^a	3.97 (1.45)^a	3.77 (1.63)^ab	3.97 (1.71)^ab	3.70 (1.68)^ab	4.00 (1.60)^ab	2.07 (1.34)^ab	3.63 (1.52)^a	2.57 (1.67)^a
Call of Duty n=32	6.09 (1.12)^c	3.19 (1.79)^a	3.94 (1.74)^a	4.00 (1.57)^ab	4.91 (1.40)^bc	3.53 (1.97)^ab	3.44 (1.78)^a	1.81 (1.09)^a	3.59 (1.74)^a	3.69 (1.61)^b

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

^ab& ^c indicate means that were not statistically different in the Tukey Contrast.

Table 2. Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) for assigned CWT duration (Part 1).

	Non-violent	Mildly violent	Highly violent
Racing game	5.03 (2.62)	4.93 (2.31)	4.94 (2.81)
Shooter	3.66 (1.15)	5.13 (2.36)	4.53 (2.60)

The means represent converted values. To get the actual duration in seconds, one must multiply these numbers by 5 and then subtract 5.

Table 3. Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) for assigned CWT duration (Part 2).

	Displaced aggression	Retaliation	Observation
Violent game	4.37 (2.34)	4.57 (2.75)	4.67 (3.02)
Non-violent game	3.91 (2.01)	3.84 (1.90)	3.85 (2.01)

The means represent converted values. To get the actual duration in seconds, one must multiply these numbers by 5 and then subtract 5.

Data availability statement

The data are openly accessible at: https://osf.io/n9yqm/?view_only=9e15e908815842b1bc59fbaba32ee158