scholarly journals Effects of cooperative and competitive game playing on empathy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Charewicz
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Competitive Condition ◽  
Competitive Game ◽  
Time To Completion

The present study examined the effects of cooperative and competitive game playing on empathy. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions, with a confederate: playing a video game cooperatively (N = 51), or playing a video game competitively (N = 55). The game played was the non-violent, puzzle-platformer Portal 2. When playing cooperatively, participants completed levels through the multiplayer option where they had to act together with the confederate to be successful. In the competitive condition participants played the single-player campaign and competed with the confederate for the best time-to-completion of the first series of levels. After playing Portal 2 for approximately 15 minutes, participants watched the confederate submerge her hand in what they thought was ice-cold water for 30 seconds. Participants sat facing the confederate and rated their perception of the confederate’s pain, their own pain, the amount of empathy they felt for the confederate, as well as how close they felt to the confederate. A subsequent measure also assessed the extent of participants’ empathic concern by providing them the option to reduce the time that the confederate had to put her hand in the water a second time. Results showed no significant differences between the two conditions with respect to levels of empathy. However, participants felt more trusting and friendly towards the confederate in the cooperative condition.

scholarly journals Effects of cooperative and competitive game playing on empathy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Charewicz
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Competitive Condition ◽  
Competitive Game ◽  
Time To Completion

The present study examined the effects of cooperative and competitive game playing on empathy. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions, with a confederate: playing a video game cooperatively (N = 51), or playing a video game competitively (N = 55). The game played was the non-violent, puzzle-platformer Portal 2. When playing cooperatively, participants completed levels through the multiplayer option where they had to act together with the confederate to be successful. In the competitive condition participants played the single-player campaign and competed with the confederate for the best time-to-completion of the first series of levels. After playing Portal 2 for approximately 15 minutes, participants watched the confederate submerge her hand in what they thought was ice-cold water for 30 seconds. Participants sat facing the confederate and rated their perception of the confederate’s pain, their own pain, the amount of empathy they felt for the confederate, as well as how close they felt to the confederate. A subsequent measure also assessed the extent of participants’ empathic concern by providing them the option to reduce the time that the confederate had to put her hand in the water a second time. Results showed no significant differences between the two conditions with respect to levels of empathy. However, participants felt more trusting and friendly towards the confederate in the cooperative condition.

scholarly journals The Effect of Presleep Video-Game Playing on Adolescent Sleep

2010 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 184-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Weaver ◽  
Michael Gradisar ◽  
Hayley Dohnt ◽  
Nicole Lovato ◽  
Paul Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Video Game Playing ◽  
Adolescent Sleep

Pre-meal video game playing and a glucose preload suppress food intake in normal weight boys

Appetite ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 256-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson Branton ◽  
Tina Akhavan ◽  
Branka Gladanac ◽  
Damion Pollard ◽  
Jo Welch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Video Game Playing

Video game playing, dependency and delinquency: A question of methodology?

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maree Abbott ◽  
Barbara Palmisano ◽  
Mark Dickerson
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Video Game Playing

scholarly journals Effect of video game playing and a glucose preload on subjective appetite, subjective emotions, and food intake in overweight and obese boys

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon J.F. Gheller ◽  
Julia O. Totosy de Zepetnek ◽  
Jo M. Welch ◽  
Melissa D. Rossiter ◽  
Bohdan Luhovyy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Physiological Factors ◽  
Video Game Playing ◽  
Test Conditions

Video game playing (VGP) is associated with overweight/obesity (OW/OB). VGP and caloric preloads in the pre-meal environment influence short-term food intake (FI) in healthy-weight children. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of pre-meal VGP and a glucose preload on subjective emotions, subjective appetite, and FI in boys with OW/OB. On 4 separate mornings, boys with OW/OB (n = 22; mean ± SD: age = 11.9 ± 1.6 years; body mass index percentile = 94.3 ± 3.9) participated in 4 test conditions. Two hours after a standardized breakfast, boys consumed equally sweetened preloads (250 mL) of sucralose (0 kcal) or glucose (200 kcal), with or without 30 min of subsequent VGP. Immediately after each test condition, FI was evaluated during an ad libitum pizza meal. Subjective appetite was measured at 0 (baseline), 15, and 30 min. Subjective emotions (aggression, anger, excitement, disappointment, happiness, upset, and frustration) were measured at 0 and 30 min. VGP did not affect FI, but the glucose preload decreased FI compared with the sucralose control (Δ = −103 ± 48 kcal, p < 0.01). However, cumulative FI (preload kcal + meal kcal) was 9% higher after the glucose preload (p < 0.01). Subjective appetite increased with time (p < 0.05) but was not influenced by preload or VGP. Frustration was the only subjective emotion that increased following VGP (p < 0.01). A glucose preload, but not VGP, suppressed FI in boys with OW/OB, suggesting a primary role of physiological factors in short-term FI regulation.

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