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Originally Posted by Xandax Most kids these days plays videogames, and if they all (or most) turns out to be criminal, then there might be a link. |
It's not necessary that most turn out to be criminals. I don't think anyone seriously believe that video games are the sole cause of violence. I would say there is a link if playing video games
increases the chance of being a criminal, or being violent, even if the increase is quite small.
Then the question is how do you measure this. How do you know that video games causes violence, not that violent people play more games or that people with low 5-HIAA levels likes both video games and violence? (rhetorical question)
You do this with a prospective study. You measure video game consumption and violent behaviour in early years, and then you measure them again much later. If video game consumption predicts violent behaviour, and violent behaviour does not predict video game consumption then there is probably a link.
And that is the reason why I posted the link above, that is exactly such a study, but made on TV violence instead of vidoe games. I think it is relevant.