Playing Violent Video Games Linked To Depression In Kids

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published April 13, 2018 | 12:15 AM

A new study has suggested that kids who play violent video games might be at a greater risk for depression.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Apr, 2018 ) :A new study has suggested that kids who play violent video games might be at a greater risk for depression. The study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston school recorded significantly more depressive symptoms over the course of a year among fifth-graders from three U.S.

cities who reported playing high-violence video games for 2 or more hours a day, compared to those who reported playing low-violence video games for less than 2 hours a day, Nature World news reported. Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Brussels, Belgium said that one of the strengths of this study was its large and ethnically diverse sample.