Re:Jeux videos

Re: Jeux videos -- Gaël

Postée par Jean-Francois , Nov 07,1999,13:16

Il ne doit pas y avoir grand chose, une recherche sur PubMed avec "Video games" et "violence" comme mots-clés m'a donné 7 références:
- Clarke-Pearson KM. Children--media violence--solutions. N C Med J. 1997 Jul-Aug;58(4):265-8.
- Buchman DD, et al. Video and computer games in the '90s: children's time commitment and game preference. Child Today. 1996;24(1):12-5, 31.
- Scott D. The effect of video games on feelings of aggression. J Psychol. 1995 Mar;129(2):121-32.
- Webster DW, et al. Gun violence among youth and the pediatrician's role in primary prevention. Pediatrics. 1994 Oct;94(4 Pt 2):617-22.
- Funk JB. Reevaluating the impact of video games. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1993 Feb;32(2):86-90. Et: Video games: benign or malignant? J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1992 Feb;13(1):53-4.
- Keepers GA. Pathological preoccupation with video games. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1990 Jan;29(1):49-50.

Points intéressants du résumé de l'article de 1993 de Funk:
"In this middle-class sample, about two thirds of girls played video games at least one to two hours per week at home, but only 20% played in arcades. About 90% of boys played in the home and about 50% in arcades. Approximately half of preferred games were from one of two categories of violent games, while 2% of preferred games were educational. Parent education about the influence of the media should include recommendations to monitor game playing and influence game selection."

Et le résumé de l'article de Webster et Wilson, 1994, qui est un article de revue:
"Adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by high rates of violent behavior. Increasingly, violent injury is involving preadolescent children. Evidence suggests that the availability of guns increases the lethality of violent acts. Because guns are ubiquitous in the United States and integral to the current epidemic of youth violence, pediatricians should participate in primary prevention of firearm injuries. Efforts should begin long before children reach adolescence. Pediatricians should: (1) Encourage parents to remove guns from the home, or at a minimum to keep guns unloaded and locked up; (2) Advise parents to limit viewing of gun violence in the media, and playing with toy guns and video games that involve shooting; (3) Be alert for early indicators of aggressive behavior; and (4) Become outspoken advocates for laws that restrict gun availability."

Je n'ai pas eu accès à d'autres résumés. Je suppose que ce type d'étude est difficile à mener. D'autre part, il m'est difficile de croire que certains jeux vidéos n'ont pas d'effet sur les comportements. Un jeu comme Doom, s'il est pratiqué de manière intensive, pourrait entraîner des réflexes plutôt négatifs chez le joueur. Webster et Wilson semblent dire que les jeux vidéos peuvent avoir un effet sur comment les jeunes voient les armes (et la manière de s'en servir?).

Jean-François