Violent video games linked to verbal aggression and hostility but not physical aggression::Violent video games are linked to higher levels of verbal aggression and hostility but not physical aggression, with narcissistic traits also correlating with aggressive behaviors, according to a study published in Frontiers in Psychology. The research emphasizes that personality traits and game choice independently contribute to aggressive tendencies, but neither is proven as a causal factor. …
Is it the violence or is it the extreme competitiveness and pre existing toxicity that links verbal aggression. You can find people throwing slurs and insults at others in competitive roblox or minecraft game modes.
Put anyone under pressure or in a stressful situation and it’s a potential, it’s just the nature of the hobby. It can happen in any hobby with certain conditions. It’s human nature basically.
How is it human nature when not every human acts like this?
I’m not one privy to throwing out slurs or being verbally abusive in stressful situations. And neither are most of my friends.
Go read the paper and tell us if they looked into that.