Online violent gaming and its association with antisocial behavior

Pages: 1735-1737
Manju Jha (Department of Sociology, Dr. Radhabai Govt Girls College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)
Ushakiran Agrawal (Department of Psychology, Govt D B Girls P G College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)

The present paper discusses the association between games online and the different types of anti-social behavior. There is both scientific and public concern when it comes to online or interactive games. There are several decades of research about the elements in such games which influence the behavior of the players in a social setting, the most prominent being anti-social behavior. Other behaviors include hostile attributions, aggression, and aggressive cognitions. The inclination to pro-social behavior is also affected by online gaming. The investigation for this paper has its foundation on the theories of aggression and draws inferences with the help of economic games, social priming, and dehumanization. Online gaming has an incremental effect on social behavior. The anti-social behavior was measured with the help of self-reported questionnaires. The research consisted of a population of 335 online gamers between the ages of 20 years to 30 years. There were 168 males and 167 females. The results showed that there is a close association between online gaming habits and anti-social behavior.