Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior

Sara Prot; D. A. Gentile; C. A. Anderson; K. Suzuki; E. Swing; K. M. Lim; Y. Horiuchi; M. Jelic; B. Krahe; W. Liuqing; A. K. Liau; A. Khoo; P. D. Petrescu; A. Sakamoto; S. Tajima; R. A. Toma; W. Warburton; X. Zhang; B. C. P. Lam

doi:10.1177/0956797613503854

Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior

Sara Prot, D. A. Gentile, C. A. Anderson, K. Suzuki, E. Swing, K. M. Lim, Y. Horiuchi, M. Jelic, B. Krahe, W. Liuqing, A. K. Liau, A. Khoo, P. D. Petrescu, A. Sakamoto, S. Tajima, R. A. Toma, W. Warburton, X. Zhang, B. C. P. Lam

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Abstract

Despite recent growth of research on the effects of prosocial media, processes underlying these effects are not well understood. Two studies explored theoretically relevant mediators and moderators of the effects of prosocial media on helping. Study 1 examined associations among prosocial- and violent-media use, empathy, and helping in samples from seven countries. Prosocial-media use was positively associated with helping. This effect was mediated by empathy and was similar across cultures. Study 2 explored longitudinal relations among prosocial-video-game use, violent-video-game use, empathy, and helping in a large sample of Singaporean children and adolescents measured three times across 2 years. Path analyses showed significant longitudinal effects of prosocial- and violent-video-game use on prosocial behavior through empathy. Latent-growth-curve modeling for the 2-year period revealed that change in video-game use significantly affected change in helping, and that this relationship was mediated by change in empathy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	358-368
Journal	Psychological Science
Volume	25
Issue number	2
Early online date	11 Dec 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613503854
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

mass media
cross-cultural differences
social behavior
prosocial media
violent media
prosocial behavior
empathy
helping
general learning model
prediction

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Prot, S., Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., Suzuki, K., Swing, E., Lim, K. M., Horiuchi, Y., Jelic, M., Krahe, B., Liuqing, W., Liau, A. K., Khoo, A., Petrescu, P. D., Sakamoto, A., Tajima, S., Toma, R. A., Warburton, W., Zhang, X., & Lam, B. C. P. (2014). Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior. Psychological Science, 25(2), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613503854

Prot, S, Gentile, DA, Anderson, CA, Suzuki, K, Swing, E, Lim, KM, Horiuchi, Y, Jelic, M, Krahe, B, Liuqing, W, Liau, AK, Khoo, A, Petrescu, PD, Sakamoto, A, Tajima, S, Toma, RA, Warburton, W, Zhang, X & Lam, BCP 2014, 'Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior', Psychological Science, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613503854

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