Results of psychological study dispute link between online gaming and violence

Posted Apr 1, 2008 at 9:21PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: Blizzard, Jane Barnett

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Now and again, you'll come across someone who doesn't jump on the video game violence bandwagon. Miss Jane Barnett appears to be one such person. In fact, a study conducted by Barnett and her colleagues questions the popular belief in the link between online gaming and violence.

This is what Barnett did: she and her colleagues recruited 292 male and female World of Warcraft players between 12 and 83 years old. She asked the participants to complete a questionnaire on anger, aggression and personality. The WoW players then played the game for two hours. After that, the participants were asked to complete the questionnaire again.

The results: Barnett discovered that people who play violent online video games tend to feel more relaxed and less angry after having done so. The psychologist cautioned, however, that individual differences such as sex, age and difference may have influenced the results.

Nevertheless, Barnett noted that the results of the study will prove useful to her and her fellow psychologists: "This will help us to develop a emotion and gaming questionnaire to help distinguish the type of gamer who is likely to transfer their online aggression into everyday life."

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because 292 people is a sufficient sample size for our country. There are so many things that can go wrong with survey tests to where you have to have a sample so big its usually not even worth it. They don't even say if it was a double blind study or what type of questions were asked. Disclaimer: If your answers concern us we will contact the police. 1. Have you ever beaten somebody? 2. Have you ever killed anyone? 3. Does playing video games make you want to kill people or severely hurt others?

This is the second garbage test thats been on QJ and they either need to do a real test or just forget about changing the way our senators see violent games.

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