“Media violence – specifically video games – are not a major risk factor for violence. We did find rising links between media violence, television violence, and short-term aggressive behavior. But that is significantly different from violent behavior allegedly caused by playing video games…

In children, there is a difference between aggressive behavior like pushing or shoving, and real violence – like hitting – which causes bodily harm. But the key factor regarding video gaming is that we simply don’t have enough research at this point to form conclusions.”