Violent Video Games And Hostile Personalities Go Together
New research by Iowa State University psychologists provides more concrete evidence of the adverse effects of violent video game exposure on the behavior of children and adolescents.
"Even the children’s violent video games — which are more cartoonish and often show no blood — had the same size effect on children and college students as the much more graphic games have on college students," said Gentile. "What seems to matter is whether the players are practicing intentional harm to another character in the game. That’s what increases immediate aggression — more than how graphic or gory the game is."
