Video Game Addiction

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at five studies that show how addiction is associated with adjustment problems, such as school performance and aggressive attitudes and behaviors. The paper concludes that more research needs to be conducted in the area of video game/Internet game addiction.

From the Paper:

"With each advance of technology as the creation of the telephone, radio, and television, psychologists have conducted research to determine the positive and negative impact on adolescents. Recently, the game playing on the TV and Internet have become one of the major entertainment vehicles for youths. Online gaming, similar to activities in previous generations, has raised concerns regarding the effects on behavior. These games appeal to adolescents for many reasons."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hauge, M.R. and Gentile, D.A. (2003) Video Game Addiction Among Adolescents: Associations with Academic Performance and Aggression Presented at Society for Research in Child Development Conference, April 2003, Tampa, FL. 1 May 2007 http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/FACULTY/dgentile/SRCD%20Video%20Ga me%20Addiction.pdf
• Information Week. (2007) Documents Video Game Addiction; A January survey of more than 1,100 youths from ages 8 to 18 found that addicted gamers receive lower grades in school than their peers, Harris Interactive says. pNA
• Moore, S. (2005) Numbed by Nintendo. The American Enterprise 16(5)12
• Science Teacher. (2007) Video Game Addiction. 74(2) 20-22.
• Young, K.S. (2007). Internet Addiction: A New Clinical Phenomenon and Its Consequences. The American Behavioral Scientist. 48(4), 402-216.

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