Effect of Violent Media & Video Games on Children's Behavior

A sample from Baghdad city

Saba Dhiaa Ahmed, Waleed Arif Tawfeeq, Riyadh K Lafta (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

148 Seiten

2019
Noor Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-330-85263-1 (ISBN)

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Violence and aggression are prevalent in most of videogames and TV cartoons. The effect of media violence on children aggressive behavior has been a focus of public concern. Objective: To throw light on the association of violent media/video games with the attitude and behavior of primary school children. Methods: This study was conducted in Baghdad city during the period from the first of February through December 2015. A multistage probability sampling was adopted to collect 1000 student from 55 primary school. Assessment of aggressive attitude, aggressive behaviors (physical and verbal) and anger was done according to standard scales measures. Results: The number of boys who play electronic games was 615 (90.2% of all boys) and girls 250 (78.6 of all girls %), 27.7% of the sample reported playing electronic games since more than five years, 69.7% were playing daily. Of those playing; 53.1% spent five hours or less playing during all five schooling days, 36.0% spent 5-10 hours, and 10.9% spent more than 10 hours. A significant association was found between playing violent games and reporting aggressive attitudes.

Dhiaa Ahmed, Saba
SABA DHIAA AHMED MBChB, MSc , PhD. Community Medicine Assist. Prof.College of Health and Medical Technologies Baghdad

Erscheinungsdatum	25.09.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	238 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
Schlagworte	Aggression • Attitude • Baghdad • Behavior • children • videogames • Violence
ISBN-10	3-330-85263-1 / 3330852631
ISBN-13	978-3-330-85263-1 / 9783330852631
Zustand	Neuware