Do Video Games Increase Aggression In Minors

There are some beliefs from researchers that video games could not and do not cause an increase in the aggression in minors. Many studies show that it is impossible to find a conclusion of if video games affect teen aggression because nobody can do a proper study to find out (PBS). Researchers believe that it is actually almost impossible to figure out if video games cause violence in teens. To figure it out if video games do increase violence you would have to do a study on a numerous amount of teens. You would have to get them to play violent video games on a regular basis and follow them throughout their lives for a long time. No researcher could actually do this study with minors. They would usually also not be able to follow a minor throughout …show more content…
The Journal of American Medical Association came to the conclusion that Mature-rated video games did have a link with violent teen behavior (ProCon). This shows that a medical association believes that video games do affect the violence and the aggression of teens who play violent video games. Not one thing can make people more violent or aggressive because many things add up to make someone more aggressive, but video game violence is one of those things (American Psychological Association). Like it was stated earlier video games could possibly increase teen aggression combined with other factor, but this time the APA is trying to press the result of video games affecting teen violence. The APA happens to believe that video games definitely are one of those things to increase teen aggression. Rowell Huesman a researcher from the PBS news website stated, “The important thing is repetition. I think any child can play Grand Theft Auto or a first-person shooter a few times, and it’s not going to have much effect. But if they play day in and day out, over a period of years, any psychologist who understands the power of observational learning is going to find it hard to believe that it’s not going to have a major effect on increasing risk” (Rowell Huesman, PBS). This shows that many people believe playing a video game once won’t really have any effect, but playing a video game …show more content…
Some studies will believe that that there is not enough evidence to say if video games actually do increase teen aggression. A few studies believe that teens see many types of violence everyday, so violent video games couldn't possibly affect them. At the same time some believe that there are many ways that video games are increasing teen violence. The question will always be open about if video games do or do not increase teen violence, and there will have to be a lot more studies to find out the real