The Effect of Playing Different Rated Violent Computer Games on Body Temperature among Iranian Adolescents: Sex and Personality Traits Modulating

The objective was to investigate the effects of different rated violent computer games regarding to types of personality and sex on basal body temperature changes among Iranian adolescents. 209 participants (108 girls, 101 boys) with age average of 12 years and 7 months (ranged from 12 to 15 years) were selected by multistage random sampling method among first grade students of secondary schools in Tehran. All Subjects were divided to 9 groups including a control group and 8 experimental groups which played different rated violent computer games for 40 minutes. Each participant’s body temperature was recorded 10 minutes before beginning and 5 minutes to end of the game playing on sedentary position by oral body temperature monitor. All subjects filled out Eysenk personality Inventory before the experiment. Data analyzing by analysis of variance revealed that body temperature changes are moderated by playing different rated violent computer games and by interaction with gender. It was affected by different levels of personality traits like the level of extroversion or neuroticism by interaction with the kind of game. But, the music alone was not modified body temperature. But increasing of body temperature in some of games was affected by the rate of game is challenging and the rate of violence in game’s content, and the gender of participants.