Skin Conductivity Responses to Images of War and Sports in Men and Women: An Evolutionary Perspective
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F22%3A43904634" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904634 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-022-00186-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-022-00186-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00186-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40750-022-00186-8</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Skin Conductivity Responses to Images of War and Sports in Men and Women: An Evolutionary Perspective
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Objectives The male warrior hypothesis suggests that men have evolved psychological mechanisms to form aggressive coalitions against members of outgroups, which may explain men's propensity to engage in warfare, as well as team sports. We examined gender differences in skin conductivity and attitudes toward war after exposing participants to video imagery depicting sports and war from a sample of young adults from Slovakia. Methods We measured skin conductivity responses using electrodermal activity (EDA) when participants watched three short videos: Football, World War II, and Control. Then, implicit and explicit attitudes toward war and subjective arousal of the three videos were examined using questionnaires. Results Men showed higher maximal skin conductivity when watching a team sport video, compared to a control video. Skin conductivity during a war video did not significantly differ from a sport or control video. In contrast, women showed highest maximal skin conductivity when watching a war video, followed by the sport and control videos, but these differences were not statistically significant. When the videos were subjectively rated by the same participants, men rated team sports and war as similarly arousing, but ratings of these videos were not significantly different for women. Conclusions These results suggest that visual cues of warfare and team sports influence skin conductivity, but we did not find support for the hypothesis that sport is a substitute for war. Because this study was based exclusively on visual cues, we discuss additional possibilities that could influence future investigations.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Skin Conductivity Responses to Images of War and Sports in Men and Women: An Evolutionary Perspective
Popis výsledku anglicky
Objectives The male warrior hypothesis suggests that men have evolved psychological mechanisms to form aggressive coalitions against members of outgroups, which may explain men's propensity to engage in warfare, as well as team sports. We examined gender differences in skin conductivity and attitudes toward war after exposing participants to video imagery depicting sports and war from a sample of young adults from Slovakia. Methods We measured skin conductivity responses using electrodermal activity (EDA) when participants watched three short videos: Football, World War II, and Control. Then, implicit and explicit attitudes toward war and subjective arousal of the three videos were examined using questionnaires. Results Men showed higher maximal skin conductivity when watching a team sport video, compared to a control video. Skin conductivity during a war video did not significantly differ from a sport or control video. In contrast, women showed highest maximal skin conductivity when watching a war video, followed by the sport and control videos, but these differences were not statistically significant. When the videos were subjectively rated by the same participants, men rated team sports and war as similarly arousing, but ratings of these videos were not significantly different for women. Conclusions These results suggest that visual cues of warfare and team sports influence skin conductivity, but we did not find support for the hypothesis that sport is a substitute for war. Because this study was based exclusively on visual cues, we discuss additional possibilities that could influence future investigations.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2022
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
ISSN
2198-7335
e-ISSN
2198-7335
Svazek periodika
8
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
2
Stát vydavatele periodika
DE - Spolková republika Německo
Počet stran výsledku
17
Strana od-do
263-279
Kód UT WoS článku
000746789700001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85123485775