It is necessary to keep children away from violence-related computer games, said three Austrian psychologists based on their latest research results.

    According to Friday's reports of Austrian media, in their latest research titled "Violence and Violence Prevention," three scientists from the Psychology Department of Austria's University of Vienna suggested that a "zero-tolerance" attitude should be adopted in dealing with youths who play violent computer games. Youths should stay away from those violent games as they "do no good but only harm."

    The research results proved that those youths who often play violence-related computer games tend to be more aggressive than those who only play games with less or no violence, for which the scientists explained that violent games not only tempt imitation, but the gaming environment also easily leads to a reactive or imaginary aggressive mentality.

    "Children who play violence-related computer games will easily show aggression when irritated, unsatisfied or angry," so they are more aggressive than children who do not play such games. The research also found that especially among the 16-year-olds surveyed, boys who like to play computer games with brutality-related contents have even reached 60 percent.

    Therefore, the scientists suggested that parents and teachers should begin related education in primary schools to keep children from violent computer games.

    On March 11, a world-shocking campus shooting happened in Germany, leaving 17 people dead. The murderer was only a 17-year-old boy, who, according to investigation, is enthusiastic about violent computer games.