June 13, 2019
Violent Video Games and Personality Traits
There’s been a lot of research about the relationship of playing violent video games and real-world violent behavior. Now comes a study reported on by Medscape that apparently shows the arrow of causality has little to do with violent game playing and a LOT to do with a person’s “trait aggression.” As the article points out, “…although the violent video game condition had some effect, it was washed out by trait aggression, the natural aggressive tendency of the child.”
Here’s the link:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/913679?nlid=130107_381&src=WNL_mdplsnews_190607_mscpedit_wir&uac=172126CK&spon=17&impID=1987730&faf=1
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