British Scholar Survey Report: Video games acquitted

A study by British academics on a follow-up study of 11,000 children failed, which sought to identify the link between video games and negative behavior. In the absence of evidence of conviction, video games are acquitted.

The study called "Video games can affect children's psychosocial adaptation?". The study tracked 11,000 children born between September 2000 and January 2002 in an attempt to identify the relationship between playing video games and negative behavior.

The study found that the effects of television viewing on children's infancy behavior did not reveal a link between video games and their behavior.

Children who watched TV for 3 hours or more than 3 hours were more likely to have behavioural problems at age 7 than children who watched TV for less than 3 hours, the report showed. But playing video games does not have a direct connection to problem behavior.

It concludes that there is no evidence that "screen time" (that is, watching TV or playing games) has a negative impact on children's behavior. Although watching TV will increase the likelihood of child problem behavior in a small amount, "screen time" does not negatively affect the psychosocial adaptation of children.