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Link between online gaming and violence killed off

Posted Sep 17, 2008 by Zyuu

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People who play violent games online actually feel more relaxed and less angry after they have played.

This is the finding of Miss Jane Barnett and her colleagues at Middlesex University. Their results will be presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin today, Wednesday 2 April 2008.

The psychologists recruited 292 male and female online gamers, playing the game World of Warcraft. The players, aged between 12 and 83 years, were asked to complete a questionnaire on anger, aggression and personality and then played the game for two hours. After this time they were they were asked to complete the test again.

The psychologists found overall the gamers were more likely to feel calm or tired after playing – but there were differences depending on sex, age and personality.

Miss Barnett said: “There were actually higher levels of relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger but this did very much depend on personality type.

“This will help us to develop a emotion and gaming questionnaire to help distinguish the type of gamer who is likely to transfer their online aggression into everyday life.”

For further information BEFORE the conference call: The British Psychological Society Media Centre – 0116 252 9500 or the PR Team mobiles – 07793 800 366 / 07793 800 373 / 07793 803 291 / 07793 800 613

DURING the conference (09.30hrs Wednesday 2 April – 16.00hrs Friday 4 April 2008) call: The Conference Press Office – 00 353 1 2407945 ext 645, or 00 353 1 2407946 ext 646 - or any of the above PR Team mobile numbers.

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  • warkidd666 said 
    Wed, Apr 2 2008 6:33 PM ()

    I'm glad that a university has finally researched this onthe side of hte gamers themselves. Before this, all links between video game violence and real-life violence have been based off a few peolpe who are touched in the head and took thier video game experiences too far. As a gamer myself, I applaud the psychologists who took the time to research this and help silence people like Hillary Clinton and Jack Thompson.

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  • DarthMeatloaf said 
    Wed, Apr 2 2008 6:33 PM ()

    Good study. Will likely somehow be cast as biased and fundamentally flawed by the few who have agendas to uphold on the "violent games = violent people" platform, but fortunately nobody cares about them. This is merely further confirmation that it's the player, not the game which leads to dangerous behavior. And that, of course, needed no confirmation for those with sensible outlooks.

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  • Orsus said 
    Wed, Apr 2 2008 6:33 PM ()

    finally, as darth said, it puts the much needed boot in the face of the mum clubs saying that if you play a shooter, you WILL go out and shoot many many many people and become the demon and hellfire will rain down from the sky and the world will end in a cataclysmic fire storm of hate and lust.

    =D

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  • Strasner said 
    Wed, Apr 2 2008 6:33 PM ()

    is there a link to this outside of curse?

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  • Zyuu said 
    Wed, Apr 2 2008 6:33 PM ()

    Afraid not :) it was a 'press release'.

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