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Jokar M, Massoumi A, Jokar M, Haghaninejad H, Akaberi A, Ardian N. Investigating the Impact of Using Computer Games on Aggression in Adolescents. TB 2023; 22 (3) :50-60
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Mojtaba Jokar 
, Ahmad Massoumi , Mansoureh Jokar , Hasan Haghaninejad , Arefe Akaberi , Nahid Ardian *
, Ahmad Massoumi , Mansoureh Jokar , Hasan Haghaninejad , Arefe Akaberi , Nahid Ardian *
Social Determinants of health research center, Department of health education and promotion, School of public health, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. , n_ardian1382@hotmail.com
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Investigating the Impact of Using Computer Games on Aggression in Adolescents
Mojtaba Jokar( Ph.D.)1, Ahmad Massoumi(Ph.D.)2, Mansoureh Jokar(M.D)3, Hassan Haghaninejad (Ph.D.)4, Arefe Akaberi(M.D)5, Nahid Ardian(Ph.D.)6
1.Cardiologist, Department of cardiology,Yazd Cardivascular Research Center, Faculty of medicine,Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Social Determinants of health research center, Department of health education and promotion, School of public health, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
2. Associate Professor, Department of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Qom medical sciences, Islamic azad university, Qom, Iran.
3. General Medicine, Department of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Kerman university of medical sciences, Kerman, Iran.
4.Associate Professor, Department of cardiology,Yazd Cardivascular Research Center, Faculty of medicine, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
5.General Medicine, Faculty of medicine, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
6.Corresponding Author: Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of health research center, Department of health education and promotion, School of public health, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Tel:09132506563 Email: n_ardian1382@hotmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: One of the factors affecting adolescent aggression is the use of violent computer games. Computer games as a social phenomenon, along with other audio and video media in today's world, are the main audiences of children and adolescents because of their stunning growth and attraction, but the question is whether computer games, especially the type Their violent and combat effects have harmful effects on children and adolescents or have been magnified. Therefore, this study was aimed at determining the impact of using computer games on aggression in adolescents.
Methods: In this descriptive study, the first high school male students were selected by 100 people by random clustered. The method of gathering field information and the data collection tool was the aggressive and fairy questionnaire. The confidence level of these tests was 95%. The analysis was performed by the 23 SPSS statistical software.
Results: The average age of students was 0/82 and 13/82 years old and most interest in fighting and violent games. The results showed that there was a significant difference between aggression and students' grade point average (p=0/013), the Anova statistical test found that the relationship between the aggression questionnaire score and the type of games and the birth rate of the meaning is significant. The highest frequency of games was reported in rough fighting games with 45 abundance and the lowest in the creative computer game with 15 abundance.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the most popular game as well as the highest rate of adolescent aggression in relation to combat games and the lowest aggression in the creative intellectual game group. Students and adolescents with average academic status had the most aggressive impact on computer games.
Keywords: aggression, teens, computer games
References
1-Farshad LN, Kianoosh Z, Bagher SZ. A Study of Effectiveness of Group Forgiveness Therapy in Reducing
Aggression among 11-13 Year Old Male Adolescents in City of Dezfu. Journal Shahid Sadoughi University Medical Sciences. 2012;20(4):489-500.
2-Shaverdi T, Shaverdi S. Children, adult and mothers’ view about the social impacts of computer games. Journal of Iranian Cultural Research. 2009;2(3):47-76.
3-Gabbiadini A, Riva P. The lone gamer: Social exclusion predicts violent video game preferences and fuels aggressive inclinations in adolescent players. Aggressive behavior. 2018;44(2):113-24.
4-Espinosa P, Clemente M. Self‐transcendence and self‐oriented perspective as mediators between video game playing and aggressive behaviour in teenagers. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 2013;23(1):68-80.
5-Edwards D. Benefits of Video Gaming For Kids And Adults. Benefits. 2020.
6-Gilbert L. “Assassin’s Creed reminds us that history is human experience”: Students’ senses of empathy while playing a narrative video game. Theory & Research in Social Education. 2019;47(1):108-37.
7-Crick NR, Ostrov JM, Werner NE. A longitudinal study of relational aggression, physical aggression, and children's social–psychological adjustment. Journal of abnormal child psychology. 2006;34:127-38.
8-Barlett CP, Harris RJ, Bruey C. The effect of the amount of blood in a violent video game on aggression, hostility, and arousal. Journal of experimental social psychology. 2008;44(3):539-46.
9-Engelhardt CR, Bartholow BD, Saults JS. Violent and nonviolent video games differentially affect physical aggression for individuals high vs. low in dispositional anger. Aggressive Behavior. 2011;37(6):539-46.
10-Rezghi S, Moghaddam A, Modarresi M. The effect of digital games on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and occupational preferences of adolescents. Technology of Education Journal (TEJ). 2022:339-50.
11-Ferguson CJ. Evidence for publication bias in video game violence effects literature: A meta-analytic review. Aggression and Violent behavior. 2007;12(4):470-82.
12-Adachi PJ, Willoughby T. The effect of violent video games on aggression: Is it more than just the violence? Aggression and Violent behavior. 2011;16(1):55-62.
13-Gentile DA, Li D, Khoo A, Prot S, Anderson CA. Mediators and moderators of long-term effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior: Practice, thinking, and action. JAMA pediatrics. 2014;168(5):450-7.
14-Buss AH, Perry M. The aggression questionnaire. Journal of personality and social psychology. 1992;63(3):452.
15-Norollah M. A perliminary study of the psychometric properties of Buss and Perry's aggression questionnaire. Journal of Social and Humanities of Shiraz University. 2009;49(10):136-51.
16-Boyle E, Connolly TM, Hainey T. The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games. Entertainment computing. 2011;2(2):69-74.
17-Kazemi MS, Shahabinezhad Z. Comparison of the amount of time spent on computer games and aggressive behavior in male middle school students of tehran. Journal of Education and Community Health. 2016;3(3):24-9.
18-Javadi MJ, Emamipoor S, Kashi ZR. The relationship between computer games and aggression and parent-child relationships in students. Journal of Psychological Research. 2009;3(1):79-90.
19-Eynbeygi H, Hakak HRM, Mehrabi A, Armat MR. Relationship between the type of computer games and aggression in the 15-19-year-old students of Bojnourd city. National Conference on Experiences and Functions of Iran; Bojnourd city: Bojnourd university; 2013. p. 22-8.
20-Tirgar H, Meybodi FB, Hasani M. The Relationship of Playing Computer Games with Aggression and Academic Achievement: a study on Kerman students. Journal of Health & Development. 2014;4(1):65-74.
21-Balazadeh Z. Investigating the Role of Social Networking and Computer Games on Aggression and Academic Anxiety of Girls Secondary Girls in Tehran District 8. Management and Vision of Education. 2021;2(2(4)):113-32.
Mojtaba Jokar( Ph.D.)1, Ahmad Massoumi(Ph.D.)2, Mansoureh Jokar(M.D)3, Hassan Haghaninejad (Ph.D.)4, Arefe Akaberi(M.D)5, Nahid Ardian(Ph.D.)6
1.Cardiologist, Department of cardiology,Yazd Cardivascular Research Center, Faculty of medicine,Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Social Determinants of health research center, Department of health education and promotion, School of public health, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
2. Associate Professor, Department of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Qom medical sciences, Islamic azad university, Qom, Iran.
3. General Medicine, Department of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Kerman university of medical sciences, Kerman, Iran.
4.Associate Professor, Department of cardiology,Yazd Cardivascular Research Center, Faculty of medicine, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
5.General Medicine, Faculty of medicine, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran.
6.Corresponding Author: Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of health research center, Department of health education and promotion, School of public health, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Tel:09132506563 Email: n_ardian1382@hotmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: One of the factors affecting adolescent aggression is the use of violent computer games. Computer games as a social phenomenon, along with other audio and video media in today's world, are the main audiences of children and adolescents because of their stunning growth and attraction, but the question is whether computer games, especially the type Their violent and combat effects have harmful effects on children and adolescents or have been magnified. Therefore, this study was aimed at determining the impact of using computer games on aggression in adolescents.
Methods: In this descriptive study, the first high school male students were selected by 100 people by random clustered. The method of gathering field information and the data collection tool was the aggressive and fairy questionnaire. The confidence level of these tests was 95%. The analysis was performed by the 23 SPSS statistical software.
Results: The average age of students was 0/82 and 13/82 years old and most interest in fighting and violent games. The results showed that there was a significant difference between aggression and students' grade point average (p=0/013), the Anova statistical test found that the relationship between the aggression questionnaire score and the type of games and the birth rate of the meaning is significant. The highest frequency of games was reported in rough fighting games with 45 abundance and the lowest in the creative computer game with 15 abundance.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the most popular game as well as the highest rate of adolescent aggression in relation to combat games and the lowest aggression in the creative intellectual game group. Students and adolescents with average academic status had the most aggressive impact on computer games.
Keywords: aggression, teens, computer games
References
1-Farshad LN, Kianoosh Z, Bagher SZ. A Study of Effectiveness of Group Forgiveness Therapy in Reducing
Aggression among 11-13 Year Old Male Adolescents in City of Dezfu. Journal Shahid Sadoughi University Medical Sciences. 2012;20(4):489-500.
2-Shaverdi T, Shaverdi S. Children, adult and mothers’ view about the social impacts of computer games. Journal of Iranian Cultural Research. 2009;2(3):47-76.
3-Gabbiadini A, Riva P. The lone gamer: Social exclusion predicts violent video game preferences and fuels aggressive inclinations in adolescent players. Aggressive behavior. 2018;44(2):113-24.
4-Espinosa P, Clemente M. Self‐transcendence and self‐oriented perspective as mediators between video game playing and aggressive behaviour in teenagers. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 2013;23(1):68-80.
5-Edwards D. Benefits of Video Gaming For Kids And Adults. Benefits. 2020.
6-Gilbert L. “Assassin’s Creed reminds us that history is human experience”: Students’ senses of empathy while playing a narrative video game. Theory & Research in Social Education. 2019;47(1):108-37.
7-Crick NR, Ostrov JM, Werner NE. A longitudinal study of relational aggression, physical aggression, and children's social–psychological adjustment. Journal of abnormal child psychology. 2006;34:127-38.
8-Barlett CP, Harris RJ, Bruey C. The effect of the amount of blood in a violent video game on aggression, hostility, and arousal. Journal of experimental social psychology. 2008;44(3):539-46.
9-Engelhardt CR, Bartholow BD, Saults JS. Violent and nonviolent video games differentially affect physical aggression for individuals high vs. low in dispositional anger. Aggressive Behavior. 2011;37(6):539-46.
10-Rezghi S, Moghaddam A, Modarresi M. The effect of digital games on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and occupational preferences of adolescents. Technology of Education Journal (TEJ). 2022:339-50.
11-Ferguson CJ. Evidence for publication bias in video game violence effects literature: A meta-analytic review. Aggression and Violent behavior. 2007;12(4):470-82.
12-Adachi PJ, Willoughby T. The effect of violent video games on aggression: Is it more than just the violence? Aggression and Violent behavior. 2011;16(1):55-62.
13-Gentile DA, Li D, Khoo A, Prot S, Anderson CA. Mediators and moderators of long-term effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior: Practice, thinking, and action. JAMA pediatrics. 2014;168(5):450-7.
14-Buss AH, Perry M. The aggression questionnaire. Journal of personality and social psychology. 1992;63(3):452.
15-Norollah M. A perliminary study of the psychometric properties of Buss and Perry's aggression questionnaire. Journal of Social and Humanities of Shiraz University. 2009;49(10):136-51.
16-Boyle E, Connolly TM, Hainey T. The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games. Entertainment computing. 2011;2(2):69-74.
17-Kazemi MS, Shahabinezhad Z. Comparison of the amount of time spent on computer games and aggressive behavior in male middle school students of tehran. Journal of Education and Community Health. 2016;3(3):24-9.
18-Javadi MJ, Emamipoor S, Kashi ZR. The relationship between computer games and aggression and parent-child relationships in students. Journal of Psychological Research. 2009;3(1):79-90.
19-Eynbeygi H, Hakak HRM, Mehrabi A, Armat MR. Relationship between the type of computer games and aggression in the 15-19-year-old students of Bojnourd city. National Conference on Experiences and Functions of Iran; Bojnourd city: Bojnourd university; 2013. p. 22-8.
20-Tirgar H, Meybodi FB, Hasani M. The Relationship of Playing Computer Games with Aggression and Academic Achievement: a study on Kerman students. Journal of Health & Development. 2014;4(1):65-74.
21-Balazadeh Z. Investigating the Role of Social Networking and Computer Games on Aggression and Academic Anxiety of Girls Secondary Girls in Tehran District 8. Management and Vision of Education. 2021;2(2(4)):113-32.
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Received: 2022/10/9 | Accepted: 2023/03/5 | Published: 2023/09/1
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