The Impact of Sexualized Video Game Content and Cognitive Load on State Rape Myth Acceptance.

ABSTRACT: The potential negative impact of sexualized video games on attitudes toward women is an important issue. Studies that have examined this issue are rare and contain a number of limitations. Therefore, it largely remains unclear whether sexualized video games can have an impact on attitudes toward women. This study examined the consequences of sexualized video game content and cognitive load (moderator) on rape victim blame and rape perpetrator blame (used as a proxy of rape myth acceptance), and whether the degree of humanness of the victim and of the perpetrator mediated these effects. Participants (N = 142) played a video game using sexualized or non-sexualized female characters. Cognitive load was manipulated by setting the difficulty level of the game to low or high. After gamepl

SUBMITTER: Noel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005642 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature