Pediatrics journal finds that children become more aggravated after playing
Video games have been linked to aggression in the young in a new comparative studies from the US and Japan.
According to The Telegraph (in a story also reported in worldwide news outlets such as CNN and Fox News) the results, which were published in this month's journal Pediatrics, showed that despite cultural differences and disparities in crime rates, children across the spectrum were affected equally by playing games.
The research looked at the behaviour of more than 1,2000 Japanese youths aged between 12 and 18 as well as 364 children aged nine to 12 in the US – over a three to six month period.
Craig A Anderson, a psychology professor at Iowa State University who lead the research, said: "We now have conclusive evidence that playing violent video games has harmful effects on children and adolescents."
He added: "The [Japanese] culture is so different and their overall violence rate is so much lower than in the US.
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"By gathering data from Japan, we can test that hypothesis directly and ask, 'Is it the case that Japanese kids are totally unaffected by playing violent video games?'
"And of course, they aren't. They're affected pretty much the same way American kids are."
The Telegraph adds: ‘Recommendations on media violence are currently being revised by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a result of the study's findings.’
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not enough information to draw conclusions
OK But surely this study raises another question, if both are similarly effected but the two countries have different rates of violence then surely there are other factors involved when trying to link video games to violence?
Also in the reports of this study neither here on MCV or in the telegraph show anything telling us what the group that conducted the tests considered as aggressive behaviour or how the tests were performed, were the kids purely reacting to the content of the game, or did they have them playing against each other and were they reacting to that?
It would be intresting to see a more detailed report on this.
Re: not enough information to draw conclusions
The sooner USA prevents the sale of 18 cert titles to minors the better. The only alternative is to have the same system the Germans and Austrailians have. Austrailia has a max cert of 15. Anything that would be classed higher than that is effectively banned. Nobody wants this. There is a huge adult market out there which wants adult games with adult themes. Stop selling to minors and the problem should go away.
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Kids get aggressive during/after playing or even watching a game of football, or watching the wrestling - it's nothing specific to videogames.
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This is getting old... but why haven't they done this with films, books, tv shows, music or even Max Steel Toys... why the heck do they insist in picking on games... we are affected by so many things that some are called crazy for studying..there is just no way to stress how revolted it is to see the time wasted to ban the creative media of the creative medias :) ...I am just sick of it ....
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I remember after watching TMNT, me and my little brother would have turtle fights. This would include full on kung fu kicks and karate chops. That was almost 20 years ago. So, like some people here have already stated, these findings could be aplied to many kinds of media for the last 40-50 years even?
How many kids wanted to kick ass after reading spiderman comics in the 60s? Quite a few I'd bet.
Quit making videogames a scapegoat and let kids be kids.
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@2: Even if you prevent the sale to minors, the parents will buy them for the kids, as happens in the UK.
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No what ends up happening in australia is that games which should be classified higher end up getting lower ratings. eg. an 18+ game in the US or UK will get a MA15+ because there's no higher rating. meaning younger kids can LEGALLY purchase them. the buck should stop (or not stop depending on your views) at home with the parents. an 18+ rating is necessary.
as for getting aggressive, it's a natural instinct to kids and specifically boys to get aggressive after sports, games, movies etc. it helps them develop their own personas. once again, the buck should stop at home with parents teaching their kids right or wrong between using that aggression constructively and/or controlling it. we dont want to be a world of men raised as girls (eg. I'd be more worried if my kid walked in wearing skinny jeans)
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The topic of video games and related anger/violence etc has become rather stale, a dull & futile movement supported by a bunch of dinosaurs who live in fear of the world changing around them. Instead of embracing our fast changing society they attack it. Why? Because they don't understand it.
Video games have become a part of of modern culture and aren't going anywhere and all the 'studies' into crime vs video games isn't going to change that.
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