女生和家长一起玩游戏 品行或许更健康

　　根据一项新研究，女孩子和家长一起玩电子游戏能获益良多。关键在于：游戏必须是适合各年龄的。

　　Brigham Young 大学的研究人员研究了287 位11至16岁的玩过电子游戏的青少年男女。有的青少年和家长一起玩电子游戏，而其他的则自己玩或者和朋友一起。受研究的家庭有着不同的背景，家长的影响也各种各样。

　　研究方法本月在网络上发表于《青少年健康杂志》上，研究团队通过一系列问卷对青少年的电子游戏活动程度、进攻性水平和违纪行为进行了评测。

　　研究人员发现，和家长一起玩适合各年龄的电子游戏的女生的行为和感觉更为积极。而在男生中这种关系并不明显。

　　电子游戏是艺术吗？

　　另一方面，女生在和家长一起玩不适合其年龄的游戏时并不会获益。作者称这可能是由于女生在谈论游戏内容时感到不适，或者甚至认为家长在电子游戏中纵容暴力或成人信息。

　　由于共同游戏需要家长的观察和参与，研究人员推测家长与其女儿之间良好的面对面时间可能对这些收益有所贡献。

　　那么为什么男生在和父母一起玩游戏时无法获益呢？

　　目前尚不确定。作者推测，也许部分原因在于男生一般而言更多地和朋友一起玩电子游戏，也更倾向于玩更加暴力、不适合的游戏。

　　译文：

　　Girls benefit from playing video games with a parent, according to a new study. The catch: the games have to be age-appropriate.

　　Researchers at Brigham Young University studied 287 male and female adolescents between 11 and 16 years of age who already played video games. Some adolescents played video games with their parents while others played by themselves or with friends. The families had diverse backgrounds with a mix of parental influences.

　　For the study, which was published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health this month, the group measured video game activity, aggression levels and delinquent behavior in the adolescents through a series of questionnaires.

　　Girls who played age-appropriate video games with a parent had more positive behaviors and feelings, the researchers found. The same relationship was not apparent in boys.

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　　On the other hand, girls didn't reap these benefits from playing age-inappropriate games with a parent. The authors say this may be because girls feel uncomfortable talking about the content of the game or even think the parent condones violent or mature messages in the video game.

　　Since co-playing requires the parent to watch and participate, the researchers speculate that quality face time between parents and their daughters is likely to contribute to these benefits.

　　So why didn't boys benefit from playing with mom or dad?

　　It's not exactly clear. Perhaps the fact that boys, on average, play more video games with friends and are more likely to play more violent, inappropriate games has something to do with it, the authors speculate.