A Video Game, Violence, And Depression Study That Looks At The
Big PictureS  Over the past decade countless studies have arisen
supposedly proving a causal link between video games, violent
behavior, and depression. A new study conducted by Christopher
J. Ferguson pinpoints why all of the others may have gotten it
wrong.  Video games cause violent behavior. Video games don't
cause violent behavior. Video games cause depression. Video
games combat depression. In the past year alone we've seen
studies attempting to prove all of these points, but none of
them have done what the new study from Texas A&M's Christopher
J. Ferguson and colleagues' has done.  Using a sample of young
men and women from three separate cultures - Mexican-American,
English, and Croatian - Ferguson and his team examined not only
the effects violent video games and television programs had on
violence and behavior, but the effects the subjects' personality
traits had on their behaviors as well.  Is violent media
influencing young people neg