Reference : Bringing empathy into play: On the effects of empathy in violent and nonviolent video...

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Social, industrial & organizational psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/4389

Title :	Bringing empathy into play: On the effects of empathy in violent and nonviolent video games
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Happ, Christian [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Melzer, André [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Steffgen, Georges [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Publication date :	2011
Main document title :	Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2011: 10th International Conference, ICEC 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 5-8, 2011, 6972
Editor :	Anacleto, J.L.
	Fels, S.
	Graham, N.
	Kapralos, B.
	El-Nasr, M.S.
	Stanley, K.
Publisher :	Springer
Collection and collection volume :	LNCS
Pages :	371-374
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISBN :	978-3-642-24499-5 (Print) 978-3-642-24500-8 (Online)
Event name :	Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2011
Event date :	from 05-10-2011 to 08-10-2011
Keywords :	[en] video games ; empathy ; aggression ; prosocial behavior
Abstract :	[en] While violent media has adverse effects on cognition, emotion and behavior, prosocial content promotes these variables in a prosocial way. Greater individual levels of empathy as well as increasing the level of empathy in media content typically foster prosocial behavior and reduce aggression. Two experiments replicated game content findings, and also showed that inducing empathy prior to a video game had a positive influence on behavior. However, under certain circumstances, inducing empathy before playing a violent video game may even have negative effects on behavior. As empathy is a common tool in prevention programs, the implications of these findings are discussed.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/4389
	also: http://hdl.handle.net/10993/6682
DOI :	10.1007/978-3-642-24500-8_44

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