Video games are useful for girls and their dads

Games, as it turned out, life can be beneficial for girls. However, for this they need to play with their dads.

American researchers have found that a great interest video games   Girls perform better, feel more in touch with family and have a stronger mental health, if they play with their parents. Moreover, in most cases we are talking about dads simply because captivate video game   my mother is quite problematic.

The study authors Sarah Coyne and Laura Padilla-Walker from the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University tracked the 287 families with children aged 11 to 16 years. Most often, the girls choose games such as Mario Kart, Mario Brothers, Wii Sports, Rock Band and Guitar Hero, while the boys preferred the Call of Duty, Wii Sports and Halo.

"I am most surprised that the girl seems to be not carried out for video games   as much time as boys, - says Dr. Coyne. - But it was enough for them to join his parents, both in time between boys and girls was observed complete equality. "

Scientists have also found that if the video games   in the company of their parents were obviously useful for girls , In respect of boys not observed anything similar. By all measures - a positive behavior, decreased aggression, strengthening ties with the family, mental health - the game with the boy's parents did not give anything. And the girls celebrated the positive growth of 20%.

Most likely, the matter is in the specific relationship "dad-daughter." Psychologists believe that video games   are thus very necessary contacts which sometimes so lacking between fathers and daughters.

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