In recent times there has been a discussion about whether video games influence the real life of the people who play them, normally a special emphasis is placed on titles that handle violence. However, there is also talk of releases with sexualized characters, which according to a study, do not harm the mind of any user who tries them.
The study was originally published in Computers in Human Behavior. Same that addresses the concern of people with the sexualized representation of women and that this has negative effects on the players. This research produced mixed results, where for the most part there will be no need to worry about misogynistic behavior.
The research authors used a statistical technique known as meta-analysis to systematically evaluate the results of previous research.
This is what he commented Christopher J. Fergusonprofessor of psychology at Stetson Universitywho created the study:
I’ve been studying the effects of video games on gamers for two decades, most of it on violence. I think most people have come to accept that there is no relationship between violent video games and assault or violent crime.
However, people are still asking questions about sexualization and whether games make male users more sexist towards women or whether female gamers experience more body dissatisfaction and other well-being concerns. It’s a smaller field of research than the field of violence, so we were hoping to bring some clarity.
The professor and his team conducted a meta-analysis of 18 relevant studies. All included a measure of exposure to general or sexualized video games. Fifteen of the studies measured aggression towards women or sexist attitudes, while 10 measured outcomes related to depression, body image, or anxiety. Thus ruling out attitudes that are related to the issue of sexualization.
For their part, they investigated other studies that mark video games with these elements as influential on people. Discovering that perhaps they were not done in the most professional or thorough way. this commented Ferguson Regarding the finding:
The main caveat is simply that many of the studies are simply not very good. The good news is that those conducted with higher quality were less likely to find evidence of negative effects. In some cases, scholars probably interjected their personal opinions, albeit unintentionally. Granted, it’s still a fairly small area of research, but this initial data has been so disappointing that I’m not sure there’s much to glean here.
It was emphasized once again that the media seek to blame external agents in some way to justify specific events, this ranges from assaults carried out by thieves to the recent shootings in the USA. However, it continues to be commented that such actions should be dealt with by the relevant specialists.
Via: ScienceDirect