Results

• 61% reported having a video game system at home – more boys than girls.
• Took into account the children that had not played the video games before, but this made no difference to the significance of the results.
• Aggressive condition = more time playing with the aggressive toy than the other two conditions.
• Girls who played Missile Command spent much more time playing with aggressive toys then girls in the other conditions
• Boys spent more time overall playing with the aggressive toy – this was not affected by the game they played.
• The type of game played had no effect on the participant’s interpersonal aggression scores.
• Children had higher interpersonal aggression scores if they had actually played the games rather than just observing them
• Missile game was voted most violent.
• Boys enjoyed Missile command more than the girls did and wanted to keep playing much more than the girls, and over any other condition.