Youth Violence Risk Factors

There are many risk factors that can play a role in what causes a child or adolescent to become violent besides exposure to violent movies and video games. The individual risk factors are having a history of being a victim to violence, having attention deficits or other learning disabilities, history of aggressive behaviors, participation and use of drugs and alcohol, having an intellectual disability, emotional problems, exposure to family violence (Youth Violence: Risk and Protective Factors, 2017). The risk factors that involves the family aspect and a child/adolescent to be more prone to aggressive behaviors are having parents who take on a more authoritarian parenting style, little to no parental involvement, harsh discipline taken out on them, parental education level and economic background are just a few risk factors that pertain to the individual and their family (Youth Violence: Risk and Protective Factors, 2017).

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With television, the person watching the movie or show is observing others committing crimes or causing harm, however, with video games the person playing is an active player and is the one causing harm or being violent (Violence in the Media, 2018). There have been studies conducted, but not many that look into the aggression in people who watches violence on television compared to those who play violent video games, however, it was reported that “negative effects of exposure to violence in video games occurs” (Violence in the Media, 2018). It is important to take into account that there could be other variables that could be causing children/adolescents who play violent video games to be more aggressive than those who just observe violence; such as their mental health, past history, or family