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Asadollahpoor A, Shariat V, Alirezaie N, Bashar Danesh Z, Birashk B, Tehranidoost M, et al . Age Rating of Computer Games From a Psychological Perspective: A Delfi Study. Advances in Cognitive Sciences 2009; 11 (2) :8-18
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Amin Asadollahpoor *1 
, Vahid Shariat1 , Narges Alirezaie1 , Ziba Bashar Danesh1 , Behrooz Birashk1 , Mehdi Tehranidoost2 , Behrooz Jalili1 , Elahe Hejazi3 , Mitra Hakim Shooshtari1 , Elham Shirazi1 , Hasan Ashayeri1 , Mohammad Vali Majd Teymouri1 , Mohammad Reza Majd Rezaie4 , Karen Zenali4 , Saied Karimifar4
, Vahid Shariat1 , Narges Alirezaie1 , Ziba Bashar Danesh1 , Behrooz Birashk1 , Mehdi Tehranidoost2 , Behrooz Jalili1 , Elahe Hejazi3 , Mitra Hakim Shooshtari1 , Elham Shirazi1 , Hasan Ashayeri1 , Mohammad Vali Majd Teymouri1 , Mohammad Reza Majd Rezaie4 , Karen Zenali4 , Saied Karimifar4
1- Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Entertainment Software Association, Tehran, Iran
2- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Entertainment Software Association, Tehran, Iran
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Objective: The computer game industry has the highest growth rate in entertainment industries. Children and adolescents spend a lot of time playing these games and are influenced by them. However, no system has yet been developed for rating these games in Iran. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to design an age-based rating of computer games considering Iranian and Islamic culture.
Method: The study was performed using Delphi method. We contacted 17 distinguished psychiatrists and psychologists in the field of child development; and 8 of them accepted to participate in the study. They completed a 187 item questionnaire on the content of computer games and appropriate ages for those contents, which were gathered and analyzed in two stages.
Results: In the second stage, the ratings became more congruent. The ratings of the second stage were added up and a final rating was considered for each of the items, which are presented in a table in the article.
Conclusion: There was much less disagreement among specialists in subjects related to sex, gambling, alcoholic beverages and substance use, and violence. These are the fields which have been more extensively studied; therefore, their corresponding guidelines could be recommended with higher certainty. However, specialists had more disagreement in items related to discrimination, insulting, and values; and more quantitative and qualitative studies are necessary to further investigate these issues.
Method: The study was performed using Delphi method. We contacted 17 distinguished psychiatrists and psychologists in the field of child development; and 8 of them accepted to participate in the study. They completed a 187 item questionnaire on the content of computer games and appropriate ages for those contents, which were gathered and analyzed in two stages.
Results: In the second stage, the ratings became more congruent. The ratings of the second stage were added up and a final rating was considered for each of the items, which are presented in a table in the article.
Conclusion: There was much less disagreement among specialists in subjects related to sex, gambling, alcoholic beverages and substance use, and violence. These are the fields which have been more extensively studied; therefore, their corresponding guidelines could be recommended with higher certainty. However, specialists had more disagreement in items related to discrimination, insulting, and values; and more quantitative and qualitative studies are necessary to further investigate these issues.
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Received: 2009/02/19 | Accepted: 2009/04/21 | Published: 2009/06/22
Received: 2009/02/19 | Accepted: 2009/04/21 | Published: 2009/06/22
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