“Minority stress and health: Implications for lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender‚ and questioning (LGBTQ) young people” (Cathy Kelleher) Summary: Historically‚ the pathologization of lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender‚ and questioning (LGBTQ) orientations shaped research and professional practice‚ while the impact of stigma was not considered. Within a minority stress conceptualization however‚ stigma-related prejudice and discrimination experienced by LGBTQ people constitute chronically stressful
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Violent Video games are not the problem and you know it. Should violent video games be banned? Many say that say they shouldn’t‚ these people include Christopher J. Ferguson‚ PhD‚ of Texas A&M International University‚ Patrick Markey‚ PhD and Kierkegaard. They are professionals who know what they are talking about. Therefore their opinion is quite relevant to the issue. There actual opinion is that‚ if anything‚ violent video games reduce violence in the real world because they let out their
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Professor Colbert English 128-03 7 April 2010 Violent Video Games and Their Effect on Children Ever since the creation of the first video game‚ they have had a certain effect on the individuals who play them. As video games have become more advanced and elaborate‚ children’s interest is at an all time high. With the degree of violence that has been a part of video games since the early 1990’s‚ parents and activists have claimed that these games are affecting children negatively. This claim only seems
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Video games have progressed immensely in price and technology over the past thirty years making them more popular then ever. Video games were originally for arcades‚ then came the first home console. The graphics have changed a lot since the first console game. Games colors were originally just black and white now they have more colors then you can think of. Not all businesses made it through competition of other businesses. In the seventies video games were fairly new. Some companies were
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Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Violent video games are a form of popular culture that is very controversial in the world today. Various professionals and the society members have argued over the issue of violent video games especially on how the games should be restricted or prohibited to limit their use among the youths. These controversial arguments about violent video games make this kind of popular
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Recognizing problem video game use In “Recognizing problem video game use” Porter‚ GuyStarcevic‚ VladanBerle‚ DavidFenech‚ Pauline. "Recognizing Problem Video Game Use." Australian & New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry 44.2 (2010): 120-128. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 30 Sept. 2013‚ the author shows that video games can become an addictive pass time for some gamers‚ while others can spend less time at the controller. The article tries to show how certain types of heavy gamers
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In Michael Britt’s video podcast‚ Violent Video Games-What Does the Research Say? (2010)‚ he discusses two studies that analyze the effects violent video games can have on individuals. The first article that was discussed claimed that violent video games lead to the desensitization to real-life violence (Carnagey‚ Anderson‚ & Bushman‚ 2007). Whereas‚ research conducted by Bosche (2009)‚ used Carnagey et al.‚ (2007) desensitization hypothesis that states violent content may elicit negative responses
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Background Does playing a video game make you prone to commit real-life violence? This question has been an issue since the very early 90’s when violent games like Doom and Wolfenstein were released‚ but only in the last half a decade or so (mainly since the incident at Columbine‚ Colorado‚ 1999 when it was revealed that the teenage shooters were avid video game players) has it really come to the majority’s attention. The key issue that both sides can’t agree on is whether people should be allowed
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The Art Of Gaming: The Effects of Video Games Video games have been under a lot of scrutiny the last few years. Many people believe that they have harmful side effects‚ and that children and teens should not be allowed to play them. I happen to love video games‚ and I wanted to examine for myself the research that has been done‚ and decide if the critics of video games really have a case. So that is what I did. I found that there are many physical‚ and mental side effects‚ but that neither of the
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Review Draft 2 10/25/2013 Research Proposal Question Do violent video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes? Most people would argue that video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes‚ but not everyone agrees with that. There are many cases that people have conducted research on teenagers that have committed acts of violence after playing video games. The authors of these articles state that video games leads to aggression and violence in the people that actually become
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