Megan S Jarvis

Biographic Data

ID7126792
NAMEMegan S Jarvis
GIVEN NAMESMegan S
FAMILY NAMEJarvis
SIGNATUREJARVIS M S
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, WI, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Playing the Hero or Playing the Villain: An Investigation of the Violent Video Game Character Role Effect on Aggression

    Christopher L Groves, David A Lishner et al.ARTICLEBasic and Applied Social Psychology2024

    Five experiments were conducted to evaluate whether violent video game play as a deviant character produces higher aggression than does violent video game play as a heroic character. In all experiments, participants read a brief description of their character as either deviant or heroic before playing the same game. Participants were more aggressive if they played alone as the deviant character than the heroic character (Experiments 1–5). The rol…

  • The Development of a Measure Assessing U.S. Adults’ Motives for Marriage

    Open AccessAmy E Thompson, Megan S Jarvis et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2022

    Despite the existing literature assessing various aspects of marriage, there is a lack of understanding of adults' motives for pursuing marriage. Thus, this research advanced the literature by assessing adults' motives for marriage via four novel studies in which the Motives for Marriage Scale (MMS) was developed, refined, and validated. In study one, semi-structured focus groups were conducted to capture the range of motives for marriage. In stu…