NEW YORK – Violent video games may increase aggression in youngsters, a new study suggests.

In three different groups of 9 to 18-year-old U.S. and Japanese adolescents, those who frequently played violent video games were more intended to physical fighting over time. This is the first study to analyze gamers’ aggression over time.

“We found in all three groups, those who played a lot of violent video games in early school year leads to higher levels of aggression, as measured later in the school year,” lead researcher Dr. Craig A. Anderson, explained.

According to some critics, this study is not true as violence rates are low in Japan although video games are highly popular, Anderson said in a written statement.
By collecting data from Japan he comes to know that Japanese kids are also affected pretty much the same way like American kids.

The results are based on two groups of teenagers from Japan 1,231 teens in all and 364 from the U.S. In the start, participants estimated how often they played violent video games, and then their own aggression was followed for next six months.

Researchers found that, kids who regularly played violent video games were increasingly involved in physical quarrels.

Of course, not all kids who play such games practice out in real life. Nor violence on media is alone responsible for teenagers’ aggression, the researchers point out.

But these video games make the teens mind in such a way that they consider violence as a normal and acceptable way to react to everyday conflicts, like getting bumped in the school hallway. “It is important to realize that violent video games do not create schools shooters. But this study shows that they are one part of the puzzle in both America and Japan.” researchers said.

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