The children were asked to rank their top three favorite video or computer games, then they played a violent or non-violent computer game for 15 minutes. Next, the children responded to vignettes of everyday social situations they might encounter. The children were then asked to describe how they would respond to that scenario. The brief bout of video game-playing had little influence over how the children responded to the vignettes. According to the researchers, this may be because children who like violent video games are more likely to give aggressive responses as a result of their long-term exposure to such games, or it may be that aggressive children prefer violent games.
More research is needed to see how personality traits and video game exposure interact.
Violence is obviously not a good way to solve every problem, and that's what is portrayed in violent games.