Report: Video Games and Violence Conclusion

To conclude, the results from the primary research did support the hypothesis that violent video games increase aggressive behaviour to a degree. However, not every participant stated that they had aggressive cognitions or behaviours after playing a violent video game. Instead, perhaps innate tendencies of the individual are also responsible for their actions. Each theory mentioned still have ecological validity today, simply due to each user is different and how they react to video games is going to be different because of their own tendencies, it may be a mixture of exposure, learning and their innate tendencies all put together.