Violent Games Are Not the Main Cause for Aggressive Behaviour Amongst Children.
Farlo Stolk
Group C2
Brigitte van Pelt
Avans University of Applied Sciences
Violent Games Are Not the Main Cause for Aggressive Behaviour Amongst Children.
Many people believe that playing violent games makes children more susceptible for aggressive behaviour. Parents withhold their children from playing games with violent content, because they think that these games are the reason of aggressive behaviour. But what if it is not the game that causes aggressive behaviour? What if parents are forbidding something that is not at all the biggest problem instead of trying to understand why their child act aggressive and how they can chance that behaviour. Violence in games do not cause aggressive behaviour amongst children. In the first place, because there are no studies that can actually prove an causality between children playing games and children acting aggressive. In the second place, there are many factors that influence children and their behaviour. In the third place, the number of expulsions in the United Kingdom has decreased massively, while the total number of gamers has been increasing. …show more content…
According to a American Psychological Association task force report there is actually a link between the violent games and the behaviour of the players. But the task force had to admit they could not say for certain that the violent games make children more susceptible for aggressive behaviour. But A major study conducted in Singapore stated that even though there is evidence for a relation between games and behaviour, there is no actual causality which can confirm that children show more aggressive behaviour when they are playing violent games (Anderson, Gentile, & Buckley,
Farlo Stolk
Group C2
Brigitte van Pelt
Avans University of Applied Sciences
Violent Games Are Not the Main Cause for Aggressive Behaviour Amongst Children.
Many people believe that playing violent games makes children more susceptible for aggressive behaviour. Parents withhold their children from playing games with violent content, because they think that these games are the reason of aggressive behaviour. But what if it is not the game that causes aggressive behaviour? What if parents are forbidding something that is not at all the biggest problem instead of trying to understand why their child act aggressive and how they can chance that behaviour. Violence in games do not cause aggressive behaviour amongst children. In the first place, because there are no studies that can actually prove an causality between children playing games and children acting aggressive. In the second place, there are many factors that influence children and their behaviour. In the third place, the number of expulsions in the United Kingdom has decreased massively, while the total number of gamers has been increasing. …show more content…
According to a American Psychological Association task force report there is actually a link between the violent games and the behaviour of the players. But the task force had to admit they could not say for certain that the violent games make children more susceptible for aggressive behaviour. But A major study conducted in Singapore stated that even though there is evidence for a relation between games and behaviour, there is no actual causality which can confirm that children show more aggressive behaviour when they are playing violent games (Anderson, Gentile, & Buckley,