Even as questions about the relationship between violent video games and shootings have been asked with growing urgency, a dearth of good data has made it difficult to draw any definitive conclusions.
In a study published study in the JAMA Network on Friday, researchers from Ohio State University claim to have found a link.
To conduct the study, researchers brought in a group of children between the ages of 8 to 12, and split them into different groups. Some played a more violent version of a video game using either a sword or a gun, while others played a nonviolent version of the same video game. After 20 minutes, the children were placed in pairs and assigned to a play room, where there was a variety of toys and games.
Researchers concluded that there was a “direct relationship between children who played the more violent version of the video game and unsafe gun behaviors." Children who played the violent version of the game were observed pointing the gun at themselves or another person more than those who played the non-violent version of the game, Bushman said.
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