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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Exposure to Gun Violence in Video Games Increases Interest in Real Guns

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03259139

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Official title

Effect of Exposure to Gun Violence in Video Games on Children's Interest in Real Guns: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT03259139
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Ohio State University; Other
Enrollment: 250 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Video games and violence Behavioral

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 8 Years to 12 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Jun 30, 2017
Primary completion: Aug 23, 2018
Completion: Aug 23, 2018
Last update posted: May 10, 2020

2017 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio	43210	—

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