The Effect of Violent Game Play on
children Aggressive Behavior
Keywords
– Violent Games
– Aggressive Behavior
– Emirati Children
Purpose and Significance
•The main problem that will be
addressed in this paper is the
impact of violent video games
on the aggressive behavior of
children in the UAE.
•The study is particularly
significant because it talks
about a very important problem
that is negatively affecting
children in our society.
•The aim of this study is to
examine whether playing violent
video games can have an impact
on the behavior in children or
not and if these games make
them violent.
•This study is intended to
examine this problem from the
point of view of 30 Emirati
parents whose children play
violent video games.
By Zahra Ali Aldhaheri
ID : 201600999
To Dr.Salma Daiban
Procedure
Literture review 1)extremely uncharacteristic
i. Violent Game Play and
Aggression
Design 2) somewhat uncharacteristic
3) neither uncharacteristic nor characteristic
ii. Violent Game Play and 4) somewhat characteristic
Background of the study Social Behavior 5) extremely characteristic
qVideo Games have been trending for the iii. Violent Game Play and
past few years making children and adults Psychological Behavior
very attracted to them. iv. Violent Game Play and
qVideo games refer to games that are School Performance a. First part - is the demographic part compromised
played electronically by controlling images of 4 questions. The questions were about the
on any display (Cambridge, 2020). gender, social status, number of children, and
qViolent video games are very bad for whether children have access to video games.
children and they affect their behavior in a b. Second part - compromises of 15 items for which
negative way making them aggressive. participants must indicate how much they agree
qData from a meta-analysis of 24 research or disagree with each statement.
from different parts of the world conducted c. The items are taken from the Buss and Perry
between 2010 to 2017 on more than 17,000 Aggression scale and consists of 3 factors,
participants (9 to 19) showed that Physical Aggression (PA), Verbal Aggression (VA),
aggressive game play influenced variations in and Anger (A).
behavior.
Discussion
Conclusion
Research Question Participants
•how do violent video The population consists •There were 7 items for Physical Aggression. The study has explored the
games (independent of all Emirati parents •The maximum score is 35. correlation between violent video
variable) affect children's who have children aged
•75% of the participants scored between 30 and 35 on this factor games and the aggressive
which shows that physical violence is extremely characteristic of this behavior among a sample of
behavior (dependent between 11 and 15 group. children in the UAE as seen and
variable). years old. •The remaining 25% scored between 25 and 30 which also shows a reported by their parents
high likelihood of physical violence.
•The mean for this item is 17.5 and the standard deviation is s: 4.082.
Results showed a strong
Results Materials •The second item is verbal
•The last item is anger. correlation between children's
•There are 5 items in this factor. physical and verbal
•Thirty people •It consisted of 15 items. aggression.
•The maximum score is 35.
•The items covered two •For this factor, there are 3 items. aggression as well as anger.
took the survey. •The highest score is 15.
•For this item also more than 60%
•Based on 3 parts: demographical scored between 32 and 35.
•50% of participants scored 15.
factors, Physical questions and content- •The remaining 50% scored
•The remaining 40% scored between
In the future, it is essential to
related questions 25 and 31.
Aggression (PA), between 7 and 15 which also further explore the topic, as it
•This shows a positive trend of
confirms a positive affirmation of is alarming and raises concerns
Verbal the hypothesis.
anger among children in the UAE.
about the wellbeing of Emirati
Aggression (VA), • The mean for this item is 7.5 and children
•The mean for this item is 12.5 and
and Anger (A). the standard deviation is s: 5.65.
the standard deviation is s: 4.2.