Video Games Addiction
Playstation Nation: Protect Your Child from Video Game Addiction [B] [a] [r]
Olivia and Kurt Bruner (Paperback) Center Street 2006-09-27
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For a research paper, I am looking into the controversial effects of video games have on people. More specifically, violence and video game addiction.
I am having trouble looking for some reliable sources. Can anyone please tell me if there are any creditable websites, books, study statistics, or newspaper articles that I can look at?
I would greatly appriciate it since I am quite curious about this topic.
Also check for educational journals at the library. This study has been done repeatedly. Ask your librarian unless you know how to get to the e-journals.
It#39;s possible up to 5 million kids in America are video game addicts. In the ground breaking book, Unplugged, Ryan G. Van Cleave a college ...
It's for my english class. I need a book where the character has a gaming addiction; doesn't have to be video games, just some game. It doesn't have to be the main topic in the story but there has to be something about the addiction in it. Any help? I can't find anything
Just looked at the "No Limit" book, it looks perfect for the project that I'm doing, but no one around where I am sells that book. I need it soon, any other suggestions?
"No Limit" by Pete Hautman is about a teenager who plays poker and discovered that he likes it. Worse yet, he likes it, he's good at it, and he wins. But in the winning, he loses his girlfriend, his best buddies, and his relationship with his divorced parents. In the end, he wins big. And he sits there with his winnings, alone.
It is a great book. My sophomore class read it and then did some research on teenage gambling. With the Tribal Casinos in our state, many students want to go and play tournament poker. This books shows the dark side of playing. There is more to lose than money.
Well I play About 6 hrs a day Monday-Friday And 10-12 hrs On weekends...So im Addicted....
Im curious to know is it bad yeah i have no real friends...Ignore my family....I do go to work and support my self ...
Im curious to wheather its bad or un healthy to sit behind the pc alot..
I love video games more then anything in the world... Its the only thing that makes sense.. it makes me happy....I love All the Adventures that it holds i see video game like a book that people read or a movie Except I can control it.....
Some times i get carried away And i even dream about my games Or am Constantly thinking about em....
My Newest game is World Of Warcraft .... Its Just Totally Insanely Awesome.....
So Pretty much what im asking is Video game addiction bad ?
Curious to what people think my family hates it:(
i'm 22 and i like Video Games,i owned a Ps3 and i'm playing it Monday to Sunday 1pm to 1am it's not a joke i'm telling the truth,but of course it includes my bath my meals etc...and i'm really addictive to GTAIV damn! best game for Ps3,can't wait for Resident Evil 5! i'm more on to the Violent Games bloody games perhaps,i'm also addictive to Assasin's Creed. hmmm what else...oh! even though the game is kinda old,i'm still playing Tomb Raider:Legend in my Ps3,i finished the Game 2 times unlocked everything including the swimsuit outfit!
i'm not into Online games,when it comes to PC Games,i'm Sooo addictive to The Sims 2 (Best PC Game) i have a ll the expansion packs and all the stuff packs,but it's kinda Heavy for a Computer,bcuz you need to have a lot of Memory for your computer.i also can't wait for The Sims 3
World Of Warcraft? nah,never ever played WoW,i played Warcraft 2 and i enjoyed it but after that i never played Warcraft again
I'm currently in high school 10th grade and i think i had been addicted to videogames since i was in 8th or 7th grade. I would usualy go home at 3 right after school and play for 3 hours straight till 6. I usually start my homework at 7:30 but I tend to go on Warcraft 3 and start playing. However, I'm also working on my math usually while playing. Since I tend to care about winning my game more than homework at the time, I often look at the back of my textbook and copy the answrs. But when the test comes I fail it. I know this is a bad habit and my grades are slipping now. What is the real problem my gaming or my habit of copying the back of the book? I don't know how to solve my ways, so please give me suggestions. Thanks >.<
I wouldn’t quit call it an addiction. As most high school students care more about fun the school work. I used to do it all the time, because of one simple reason, games are more fun and hold your attention longer. As for your study habits, do what I do. Remove yourself from all environmental distractions. Go do your homework some place where there isn’t a TV, computer, cd player, etc… This should help you focus a little more
Even when I have something really important that I have to do (homework being the main one) I'll often times choose the controller over the book. It has become really detrimental to my grades and life in general. Please help! I need to break the addiction!
call a friend and do homework together
or take a walk or go have a cup of
java together
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Recently, I have been very interested by these stories originating in China about “Internet Addiction.” From the news items, it appears to be a serious problem there and I was curious to learn more about it. I went online and typed in “internet addiction” and was directed to a book called, “Video Games and Your Kids: How Parents Stay in Control” (Cash and McDaniel). Addiction medicine is a topic that is relatively not emphasized in pediatric training so I decided to pick up the book.
The book’s focus was gaming addiction which was the closest I could find to internet addiction in my search. I assumed that enough gaming took place on computers to be relevant for the topic and also that the mechanism of gaming and internet addiction were similar. The organization of the book starts by defining gaming addiction and its processes. It proceeds to explain addiction as it relates to varying age groups. The language of the book reflects the author’s goals of treating addiction: They use words like “withdrawal” and “intervention”. Instead of describing “adaptability,” they use the phrase “frustration tolerance” (which I liked a lot). The use of addiction terminology helped me appreciate this as a medical phenomenon despite how socially accepted internet and video games are. However, I was more skeptical of the discussions on “love addiction” as it relates to meeting others while playing World of Warcraft
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