Study: Violent Video Games Only Affect Unstable Youth

Researchers had 110 boys and 15 girls — mean age of 14.6 — play Quake II for 20 minutes after obtaining a personality profile of each participant. Anger levels were measured again immediately after the gaming test session ended. Researchers discovered three distinct groups upon analyzing the data. Seventy seven participants maintained the same anger level. Twenty two subjects had anger levels that doubled from the same starting point as unaffected participants. Eight participants started out a higher level of anger before the test started, but dropped down to normal levels after 20 minutes of game play.