UhOh!
With video games at it’s current peak and still growing researchers and universities have been studying how youth and teens can become addicted to gaming and video games. Check out this wired blog I found about some research done at Iowa State University!
“The study, which compared traits found in nearly 1,200 young gamers to adults diagnosed with gambling addiction, found that one in twelve exhibited one or more of the following behaviors:
-Lying to family and friends about video game usage
-Using video games to escape from problems or bad feelings
-Becoming restless or irritable when attempting to stop playing video games
-Skipping homework in order to play video games
-Doing poorly on a school assignment or test because they spent too much time on games.”
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/04/study-one-in-tw/
What is this world coming to?! Or are we over-reacting?
