Violent video games decrease stress hormones, study finds

[Gamernyc78]

Violent video games decrease stress hormones, study finds

A new study reveals that playing violent video games might decrease stress hormones and does not increase aggression, challenging previous assumptions about the negative impact of these games on behavior.

www.psypost.org

In a surprising twist to the long-debated topic of video game violence, a recent study suggests that playing violent video games might actually decrease stress hormones in some players. Contrary to popular belief, the study found no increase in aggressive tendencies, indicating a more complex relationship between video game content and player responses than previously thought. The findings have been published in the scientific journal Physiology & Behavior.

The results were quite unexpected. Contrary to what many previous studies have suggested, the researchers found no significant change in testosterone levels in either group. More strikingly, cortisol levels actually decreased in the group playing the violent game. This suggests that, rather than increasing stress, playing the violent game might have had a relaxing effect on the players.

Moreover, using the Implicit Association Test, the study evaluated aggressive cognition – essentially, how likely participants were to associate themselves with aggressive thoughts or behaviors. The results showed no significant difference between the group that played the violent game and the group that played the non-violent game. This indicates that short-term exposure to video game violence might not influence a person’s aggressive thoughts or tendencies as much as some earlier research has suggested.

 

[Batzy]

So what will Fox News blame on the next school shooting?

 

[Gamernyc78]

So what will Fox News blame on the next school shooting?

Movies smh.

 

[GameCritic]

Playing games, being in the lobby chatting with friends in online games should bring down stress, what brings stress is the outside world impacting game time

 

[Gamernyc78]

Playing games, being in the lobby chatting with friends in online games should bring down stress, what brings stress is the outside world impacting game time

This is very true. Games are stress reliever for me if I'm down which I rarely am or any other emotion. Even if I'm playing a game like Tlou it calms me down.

 

[xollowsob]

Makes sense. I feel great after mowing down hordes of NPCs.

Doing maniac runs of New Vegas and Outer Worlds is funny. Laughing reduces stress.

 

[Sircaw]

Playing games, being in the lobby chatting with friends in online games should bring down stress, what brings stress is the outside world impacting game time

I played with @TubzGaming; my stress levels went up.

 

[Bryank75]

Doom, sawing some enemies in half.... Very soothing.

Cod with lag... Very stressful

 

[Box]

So what will Fox News blame on the next school shooting?

Tik tok

 

[Bryank75]

It must be something very primal in the human makeup...

It's amazing how survival instinct etc from thousands of years ago remain dormant just ready to surface at the specific moment they are required.

Maybe games are close enough to those past experiences.

 

[Box]

It must be something very primal in the human makeup...

It's amazing how survival instinct etc from thousands of years ago remain dormant just ready to surface at the specific moment they are required.

Maybe games are close enough to those past experiences.

Humans weren't designed to sit in an office from 9-5, we are made to be active and out in nature. We are supposed to explore,hunt and forage.

There's a reason we all crave a sense of adventure.

 

[Vertigo]

Work has me to do crazy stuff. It’s stressful and gaming for a bit once I get home hits the spot. Unfortunately I need some with a player vs player component to appropriately blow off steam. Not so much violent

 

[arvfab]

So what will Fox News blame on the next school shooting?

FIFA and MK8, friendships ends because of them.

 

[Batzy]

FIFA and MK8, friendships ends because of them.

Monopoly is still king of relationship deaths cause its field of effect reaches family as well.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Monopoly is still king of relationship deaths cause its field of effect reaches family as well.

What!?

 

[Batzy]

What!?

I am not explaining the joke.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I am not explaining the joke.

Fine by me No need to explain though I know what you meant

 

[KiryuRealty]

Games are a great place to let out that urge to slap somebody that can build up through a work day, for sure.

Cathartic release is an established concept, no idea why it’s taken this long for academia to accept video games are a great tool for it.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Games are a great place to let out that urge to slap somebody that can build up through a work day, for sure.

Cathartic release is an established concept, no idea why it’s taken this long for academia to accept video games are a great tool for it.

Video games offer so many benefits from stress release, better dexterity to cognitive development. It's factual and tons of studies on it have been conducted but the media just likes to bark up another tree to get clicks, so do politicians.