A role-playing game called Vampire: The Masquerade has been described in the popular press as etiological of antisocial behavior. The 16 PF was administered to players of the game and the years of playing the game was correlated with scores on antisocial behavior. No relationship was found with amount of exposure to the game on Factor C.
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