Associations Between Violent Video Gaming, Empathic Concern, and Prosocial Be…

Exposure to media violence, including violent video gaming, can have a cognitive desensitization effect, loweringempathic concern for others in need. Since emerging adulthood offers increased opportunities to volunteer, strengthen relationships, and initiate new relationships, decreases in empathic concern and prosocial behavior may prove inhibitive to optimal development during this time. For …