Video Game Addiction
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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WHAT IS VIDEO GAME ADDICTION?
- It can interfere with a students goals such as good grades and sports teams.
- Experts say violent video games can be as addicting as drugs.
- By estimates, more than 10% of gamers become addicted to gaming
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WHAT MAKES A VIDEO GAME ADDICTING?
- Games such as call of duty are more open ended compared to arcade games
- Age 12 is the most common age for kids to become easily addicted to video games
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SYMPTOMS
- Becoming violent at school
- Secrecy or lying about use
- Mood shifts
- Sleep problems
- Spending more than 24 hours not doing school work
MORE SYMPTOMS
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trouble forming healthy relationships
- Decrease in interests and activities
PREVENTION
- There isn't a known treatment
- If you take the action of being socially responsible it will make a benefit.
