The relationship between violent video games and aggression in elementary school students

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between playing violent games and the level of aggression of primary school boys in the 4th district of Tabriz city. The method of research was descriptive-analytical and the sampling method was available. In this research, after reviewing the studing conducted, the users level of interest to the types of games and the impact of violent video games on their behavior were investigated by using self-ssessment method. After selecting 168 subjects using the available sampling from among students in on of the schools of the 4th district of Tabriz, the aggressiveness level of the subjects was measured by using the Novaco Questionnaire. According to the results, 56% of the subjects were doing violent and war games. The result of the chi square test showed a positive correlation between playing violent games and the level of violence (P<0.05) .The results of this research not only is a warning about the impact of violent games on the behavior of users, but also is an emphasis on the parents attention on the type of games which is playing by their childrens, and the monitoring of related organizations on the games produced for teenagers.