A Long-Term Effects of Parental Mediation on Children’s Video Game Play: A Longitudinal Study of Japanese Children and Their Parents

Abstract

A longitudinal study was conducted to 441 elementary school children and their parents in Japan, and this study found that restrictive parental mediation on the amount of exposure to video games was negatively related to later aggression even after controlling for earlier aggression and the amount of exposure to video game violence among boys. Although this study did not find other effects of parental mediation on video games, this study also revealed that restrictive parental mediation on both the amount and contents (e.g., violent scenes) of TV programs was negatively related to later aggression even after controlling for earlier aggression and the amount of exposure to TV violence.