The American Psychological Association (APA) considers violent video games a risk factor for aggression. It is important to keep in mind that violent video game exposure is only one risk factor of aggressive behavior. For example, mental illness, adverse environments, and access to guns are all risk factors of aggression and violence.
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Does Media Coverage Inspire Copy Cat Mass Shootings?
Decreasing media contagion could reduce the number of mass shootings, but other public health steps are needed like making it more difficult to obtain guns
Read More »Online Predators: What Do We Know, and What Can We Do?
Are online predators a real threat to children and teenagers? A psychology professor at UCLA studied chat rooms for teens and found explicit sexual exchanges, joking about physical violence and assaults, aggression, and disturbing exchange involving racial prejudice.
Read More »What Not To Do: Watch TV Wrestling
There are plenty of studies showing a link between violent TV and children’s aggressive behavior. Watching one particular sport on TV – wrestling – has even been linked to dating violence.
Read More »Media, Kids, and Violence
Violent media can have negative effects on children. What does the research have to say and what can you do about it?
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