The Effect of Prosocial Video Games on Adolescents’ Psychological and Behavioral Responses
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Prosocial video game, emotion, cognition, moral development, adolescentAbstract
Video games have become an integral part of adolescents’ spare lives, providing a virtual platform for stress relief and social interaction, which is particularly attractive to adolescents. Beyond mere entertainment, online video games have been recognized for their potential influence on adolescents’ psychological and behavioral development. Focused on the positive effects of video games, this article is conducted on the effects of prosocial video games on the mental development of adolescents, aiming to find how these games affect their psychological and behavioral responses. It uses the General Attack Model (GAM) as a theoretical foundation and explores video games with prosociality as a content characteristic in depth by analyzing the existing literature and data evidence on adolescents’ cognition and emotion, as well as the impact on their psychological and behavioral patterns formation. This review is critical to further comprehending the ways in which prosocial video games can impact the mental development of adolescents.References
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