RT Journal Article
T1 Video games, violence justification and child-to-parent violence
A1 Junco-Guerrero, Míriam
A1 Ruiz-Fernández, Ana
A1 Cantón-Cortés, David
K1 Violencia familiar
K1 Videojuegos
K1 Violencia
K1 Violencia en la televisión
AB During the past decade, video games have become the main industrial entertainment sector, although research on the effectsof violence in video games on juvenile aggressiveness has raised concerns that they may pose a significant social risk. Theobjective of this study was to analyze the relationship of exposure to violent video games, pathological video-gaming, andjustification of violence with the perpetration of Child-to-Parent Violence (CPV) against the mother and the father,controlling for the sex, educational level, and violent TV exposure of the participant. The sample consisted of 439 studentsfrom Compulsory Secondary Education, (238 boys and 201 girls), aged between 13 and 18. Exposure to video games wasassessed through an author-elaborated questionnaire, violence justification, and pathological video-gaming were evaluatedwith the Exposure to Violence Questionnaire and the Assessment of Pathological Computer-Gaming, respectively, and CPVwas assessed through the Child-to-Parent Aggression Questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed thatpathological video-gaming and, specially, justification of violence, were related to the perpetration of CPV against bothmothers and fathers. However, a relationship of exposure to violent video games and violence on TV with the perpetration ofCPV was not found. These results suggest a potential new target for CPV prevention, as well as for the treatment of juvenileoffenders.
PB Springer
YR 2014
FD 2014-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32513
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32513
LA eng
NO Junco-Guerrero, M., Ruiz-Fernández, A. & Cantón-Cortés, D. Video Games, Violence Justification and Child-to-Parent Violence. J Child Fam Stud (2024).
NO Funding for open access publishing: Malaga University/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 3 mar 2026