Can Violence in Video Games Cause Antisocial Behavior in Children: Important for All Parents to Know
Parents always worry about their children, even if their fears are unfounded.
Out of concern for the child's mental state, adults often impose a ban on playing shooters and other "violent" games.
In their opinion, scenes of violence in games can negatively affect the child’s psyche, and subsequently he will not be able to distinguish reality from the game, which can pose a danger to others.
But in fact, this opinion is wrong, which is confirmed by research.
Scientists do not believe that players consider the virtual world more realistic than the real one and sincerely believe that they live in a computer universe.
In fact, when they are at the computer, they understand perfectly well that the world around them is artificial. Moreover, this is what makes games so interesting.
The authors of an experiment involving 3,000 people have proven that there is no reason to believe that the behavior of players in violent video games will change their behavior in real life and make them more aggressive.
One experiment examined the impact of the realism of enemy behavior in shooters on the mental state of players. Researchers found no differences between groups of players with different levels of character realism.
Here is the conclusion: the player realizes that he is in a world of fiction, where things are possible that cannot be realized in reality. If a person is mentally healthy, he will not be able to confuse the two worlds even after several hours of play.
Earlier we talked about what you can play with your children outside.
