Do Violent Games Cause Behavior Problems in Teens?

Stephen Maughan, Demand Media. Do violent video games cause behavior problems in teens? Retrieved from:http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/violent-games-cause-behavior-problems-teens-1142.html

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The topic of the essay is the cause of violent video games on teen’s behavior. The writer’s purpose is to inform us those violent video games causes addiction, violence as normality, positive behavior, and other factors. The author claims that teenagers who continuously play video games are more likely to become withdrawn. Video games also increase teenagers’ feelings of aggression and antisocial behavior in teenagers, regardless of their sex. Video games could also produce positive behavior on teenagers because some video games involves helping or saving others and this triggers teenagers the urge to help other people. The writer argues "on top of excessive video gaming, there is usually a combination of different factors at play such as low self-esteem, antisocial friendship groups and an insecure family life." (Maughan, p. 5). The usefulness of this article is that it gives me the positive and the negative aspect of violent video games to teenagers. The article also specifically states that video games cause addiction, violence as normality, positive behavior, and other factors.