Studies reveal that young gamers have higher moral reasoning abilities than non-gamers

by Mike Meyers

It is clear from the latest survey that young gamers acquire higher moral reasoning abilities than non - gamers. It is also found that the violence that exists in the game has a positive relationship with the moral reasoning ability.

Frontiers | It's Double Edged: The Positive and Negative Relationships Between the Development of Moral Reasoning and Video Game Play Among Adolescents | Psychology
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00028/full

Young people who play video games have higher moral reasoning skills - inews.co.uk
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Researchers at the University of Bournemouth in southern England target 166 minors between the ages of 11 and 18 to determine "play habits of video games" and what is wrong and what is wrong We conducted a questionnaire survey to measure 'thought process' 'moral development'. Analysis of the questionnaire revealed that a young man who replied that he played more video games from a wide variety of genres including violent titles kicked out a high score in the test of measuring moral reasoning ability I will.

by Sean Do

Violent games have been found to be positively correlated with moral reasoning abilities. However, mature content such as the Grand Theft Auto Series and the Call of Duty Series may have negative effects. These titles are highlighted as being related to a low moral reasoning score.

In the analysis, "time spent playing the game" "years of playing the game" "level of immersion in the game" "moral level of the game" etc. are used as variables. According to the research team, boys 'subjects recorded far higher moral reasoning score than girls' subjects, which is a contradiction to previous studies in the past. It is also clear that girls' subjects record higher stress levels than boys when playing games.

According to the survey, most of the subjects have played video games in some form, and it turned out that boys tend to play games for a longer time than girls. In addition, it is also clear that boys have a higher score in their moral reasoning abilities than girls, and at the same time they prefer to prefer more violent titles.

by Fábio José Lima

This research gives some suggestions for higher moral development. It shows that the developed moral reasoning ability shows that it can be supported by the ability to regard a game as "a simple game", for example.

Another result of the survey also showed that video games could promote teamwork. In other words, guilds in the game and working within the community lead to consideration of social influence, and it is said that there is a possibility that gamer's high moral reasoning ability may be influenced. In addition, in the survey, only 31.6% of the subjects were evaluated as having a mature moral reasoning ability, and all of them were 17 years old. Furthermore, when analyzing the questionnaire and tracing the change in the score of the moral reasoning ability, it is said that large moral development was seen between 12 and 14 years old. In other words, it is suggested that moral development of children may be seen at this age.

by Annie Spratt

Mr. Sarah Hodge, lecturer of psychology at the University of Bournemouth who is the first author of the research paper, has conducted research on violent video games considerably, but research that investigated the relationship between game and cognitive effect It is said that it is few, and according to this research, "People who play games have found that moral reasoning ability is higher than those who do not." Furthermore, the positive impact (caused by playing the game) may be due to the type of game played, as it says "Be aware of a balanced diet", a violent shooter It is important not to play just the game, but to play a balanced kind of game. "