Sentences with phrase «use of violent video games»

According to the General Aggression Model, use of violent video games can reinforce aggressive scripts, perceptual schemata, aggressive attitudes, and aggression desensitization (e.g., Anderson and Bushman 2002).

Thus, the opponents strongly disapprove the use of violent video games by children as dangerous and unpredictable.

Not exact matches

It is the sort of thing we teach our children (or at least the sort of thing we used to be able to teach our children before this age of incivility corrupted our youth with its rock music / hippies / video games / rap music / violent movies / Internet / baggy pants).

Researchers found that people who played violent video games in 3 - D showed more evidence of anger afterward than did people who played using traditional 2 - D systems — even those with large screens.

Parents may also be reluctant to use the rating system, or see its value, because of mixed messages connecting violent video games and behavior, researchers said.

• playing a violent rather than a benign video game makes children more accepting of using drugs or alcohol, and having sex without a condom, because, the researchers suggest, it increases general disregard for the safety of yourself and others

One problem with using video games as stimuli, however, is that they are incredibly varied, such that two «violent» games could be very different on a number of other measures.»

Lastly, as the gun debate continues in the USA, now Connecticut has a bill sponsored by Democrat Connecticut State Senator Toni Harp to «To prevent minors from using violent point - and - shoot video games in public arcades and to create a task force to study the effects of violent video games on youth behavior.»

While there haven't been any studies that show a strong correlation between violent video games and violent action — most studies seem to indicate that moderate video game use is actually socially and cognitively beneficial for children — I think most would agree that it's probably not good to expose young children to violent content, regardless of media format.

When former Vice President Joe Biden took on violent video games in a similar summit in 2013, the industry used that same lack of scientific evidence to convince him to back down.

Children's creativity was also enhanced by playing any kind of video game, including violent games, but not when the children used other forms of technology, such as a computer or cell phone, other research revealed.