Look, Ma! No hands! Study suspects violent games are healthy for kids |
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Previously, we reported on a study done by a research team from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Michigan State University. In that study, it was determined that violent games were more popular among kids. Now, here's an update to that: it's now said that violent games could actually be healthy for kids!Published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, it's been said that violent games don't necessarily lead to violence among children and that they (the kids) could actually benefit from playing video games.
Massachusetts General Hospital's Cheryl Olson SC.D. commented that "this idea that 'M' rated games cause shootings or major violence just doesn't hold water."
One portion of the study focused on the actual benefits, with anger management being one possible factor on why it's healthy. Olson continues, "We don't know whether playing to get anger out is a good thing or a bad thing for any individual child, but we suspect that it might be healthy for a lot of kids."
Another benefit: social interaction. The study found that the kids are more likely to be playing with a couple of friends in tow, whether in the same room or over the net. In their study, none of the kids fell into the "solitary violent gamer up in his room" stereotype.
Do note that these findings are based on a focus group of 1,200 seventh and eight graders. And from what we know about focus groups (no matter how large), they still tend to be too limited to make a general theory out of - there's still some room for allowance here. So, the researchers still suggest constant vigilance among the parents, and that they should be aware of the types of games their kids play, nonetheless.
The conclusion, though, from Olson rests:
It's not going to ruin them, they're not going to go out and pick up a gun. Violent video game play is typical and normal for kids nowadays. That doesn't mean that parents have to like it, but they shouldn't panic about it
Now how's that for a safe, clean answer? We're not trying to recommend violent games to kids here. We're just saying that, hey!, it's normal.
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This is way true
first post :)
My children has been playing violin video games for years and they're all as healthy as Ramone.
haha
first post :)
somebody should send this to Jack Thompson.
go to hell jack thomson in your face thanks alot for man hunt 2 you made everyone tink you where right about violent video games but you where wrong everyone hates you jack nobody thinks your way anymore
Games are quite so very over rated by the ERSB they need to tone down on their ratings...
I don't think games make me a violent person. It's all in good fun.
Ladies and gents, regoice! for the quick jump network's photography site is about to reach the 1 year mark without being updated!!!
Ladies and gents, regoice! for the quick jump network's photography site is about to reach the 1 year mark without being updated!!!
How old is seventh and eighth grade for those of us in the UK?
Whenever my bro has headaches he play games.. then after just a few mins. his headache is gone!
Such an obvious conclusion that shouldn't be surprising at all. I hypothesize that the majority of people who own lethal weapons don't even play video games, much less violent ones. If we keep dodging the real problems in society by using the media as a scapegoat, then we'll be headed up a tough road that'll be hard to come back from.
You made your children play VIOLIN VIDEO GAMES?
I'm surprised you haven't turned them gay yet.
ROFL
WON'T BE TEH MURDERZ!
Wow, this is so not news.
this is not news not sure if it will help me be more violent on my PSP or help my psp but this is not news!
My four year old sister's completed San Andreas twice... And I still haven't seen her try and jack a car yet.
I've been saying this for YEARS (and so have most other teenagers). It's not the games the children play that make them violent, it's their upbringing.
And yeah, stress relief in violent games is obvious too, I specifically go on violent games to relieve stress when I need to.
Seventh grade is around 12-13 years of age, and Eighth grade is around 13-14 years of age. The age in which a child enters those "levels" of their schooling can vary, but the numbers I provided are what's considered "normal".
Saying no one thinks his way anymore is straight igna'ant. He's got too many soccer mom and old people followers right now simply because he uses their fear of the unknown to manipulate their thinking.
This is so STUPID plz stop covering these kinds of stories.
There's more relevant issues out in the world. Like nintendo and sony trying to kill classic gaming genres and television.
TV is so *****ing bad for all of you it influences Music Games School Work Police in very negative ways. Not the concept of displaying moviing images with sound but the irrelevance and violence that the media is using as a smoke screen to try to keep us ignorant violent bastards.
There need to be more studies about the entertainment culture of violence before we shine a light onto the gaming scene.
Do ppl really think that holding a gamepad is the next closest step towards shooting someone?
If shigayu miyamoto (er w/e) has his way all chlidren will be enjoying a healthy zap once again playing with the new wii gun adapter. This is about as close as VGs are to Virtual Reality so far and most of what we're doing with it is shooting ganado's heads off and pillaging their riches. =]
I saw Hostel on TV the other day... =/
Not sure if I would let my kids play that but thats the best the 'more child friendly' company has come up with so far.
last update was november, i just checked your claim
Ladies and gents, regoice! for the quick jump network's photography site is about to reach the 1 year mark without being updated!!!
wasn't expecting to see this kind of news ever.
I wonder what Jack Thompsons response will be?
In your F teeth Jack Thomson !!!! I8U !!!
This is a load of *****.
Violent "video games" DO affect children
Like watching hardcore triple penetration faeces goat sex would affect a child minds.
However! Thats not to say video games as a whole should be watered down or regulated for our "children"
Should we ban all works of art or paintings containing images that could harm a childs mind, just because they play with finger paints and playdough?
NO FK NO! NO WAY!
When will the rest of world wake up a realise "video games" are an medium for art on various levels, just as television is.
Lets ban all violent movies shall we?
I mean a dumbass parent might let their kid watch a certain R movie then they go and tie their teacher up and cut off her nipples with a razor blade.
INFACT there is some kid somewhere who stabbed his teacher and has a copy of a R sitting s movie sitting in his room....
LETS REGULATE ALLLLLL MOVIES!!!NO BLOOD! NO GORE! NO SHOOTING! NO MORE ACTION MOVIES! NO MORE WAR MOVIES! NO MORE THRILLERS OR ADULT THEMED MOVIES!!!!!!
you see how stupid this sounds?
You fear for your childs mental well being?
Thennnn do got out and buy that game well out of his age range just because he starts wailing in the store!!
Would you buy your child explicit movies? Just because all his friends have it?
NO?
THEN DO THE SAME WITH VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!
Your kid is succeptable to outside suggestion do go and buy him manhut KKK
INFACT keep your kid away from any game not his age range, that way I don't have to read about it being blown out of all proportion on blogs like these
SUCK IT JACK THOMPSON
U CANT TURN GAY U RETARDED MUNK.
let just hope this report will be good enuff to shut the sob lawyer up once and for all =D
I see lots of nerds including Manhunt to this and it's just plainly retarded. First, yeah a game like GTA and God of War and other mildly violent games can be good for anger magaement on some individuals. Yet obviously I doubt those studies actually used the Manhunt game cause that would have been just wrong. Manhunt is a game purely faced on gross and sadistic metally ill violence which is obviously bad for kids. None out of the 50 million people who play a GTA game will act violently cause of it. But maybe 20 out of 2 million gamers who play Manhunt can cause a massacre.
I love when jack thompson uses "science" and "studies" to back up his silly arguments. I think the guy needs to go take some classes in psychology.
Looks like i just googled your name and it just returned a ***** load of sites with you commenting ONLY on manhunt and nothing else. If I were you id look at my post rating first. And if you think you will go out and murder someone just by playing a video game i think you should lock yourself out or if you trust me I will call the asylum up for you and maybe they will have a reward for me. What is it with people like you who take video games too seriously. If you think this game can cause violence just cause it consists of violent themes and gruesome images, god forbid you from playing one of those fighting games else you probably will get your wife/husband/both with your finishing move! Maybe there should be a way we could ban morons who are 20 and have a thought process similar to that of a 50+ year old lonesome GRINCH.
kthnxbye
First of all, yes a game like Manhunt can cause a few people (like 20 out of 2,000,000) to commit a serious crime (a few massacres have been linked to Manhunt being a factor in their decisions) and at least 200 out of 2,000,000 of those players will turn out to commit domestic violence. In the end it's better the safety of innocent lives than the sadistic joy of players who wanna play this game so badly...