Video Games and Violence Part II

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Video Games and Violence Part II

"...the study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, researchers found that the playing the video games actually had a very slight calming effect on youths with attention deficit symptoms — and helped to reduce aggressive and bullying behavior."

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/08/27/in-new-study-video-games-not-tied-to-violence-in-high-risk-youth/58934.html

Link to work:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23975351

In a previous analysis by Ferguson, et al:

".... Results from both sets of analysis revealed that exposure to violent game had neither short-term nor long-term predictive influences on either positive or negative outcomes. A developmental analysis of the cross-sectional data revealed that results did not differ across age categories of older children, preadolescents or adolescents. Analysis of effect sizes largely ruled out Type II error as a possible explanation for null results. Suggestions for new directions in the field of video game research are proffered."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22875464

Me thinks that this research done spurred the latest work.

We'll see after I fly a jet fighter into your house after playing GTA5