Watch Hilarious 'Proof' of Video Game Addiction
Doctoral candidate 'proves' games addiction happens to people with problems like other addictions do
Joe Hilgard, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the University of Missouri College of Arts and Science and Joe knows an easy win when he sees one. An easy win is adding the word 'addiction' to the phrase 'video game playing'...
Joe's research tells him that, "escapism, social interaction and rewards fuel problematic video-game use among 'very casual' to 'hardcore' adult gamers. Understanding individual motives that contribute to unhealthy game play could help counselors (sic) identify and treat individuals addicted to video games." Yes, that's right: problems with real life lead to people becoming addicted to things that make them feel better. There's even a video of this guff that everybody knew anyway being tied to video games below. Bear in mind, however, that you have to accept the entirely spurious notion of 'video games addiction' to really fall for this.
Joe's main insight is that, "The biggest risk factor for pathological video game use seems to be playing games to escape from daily life. Individuals who play games to get away from their lives or to pretend to be other people seem to be those most at-risk for becoming part of a vicious cycle. These gamers avoid their problems by playing games, which in turn interferes with their lives because they're so busy playing games."
Much like people who doing anything to escape from 'daily life' really. So, not so much being addicted to games as being anxious about life.
Read more about Joe's insights here.
Joe's research tells him that, "escapism, social interaction and rewards fuel problematic video-game use among 'very casual' to 'hardcore' adult gamers. Understanding individual motives that contribute to unhealthy game play could help counselors (sic) identify and treat individuals addicted to video games." Yes, that's right: problems with real life lead to people becoming addicted to things that make them feel better. There's even a video of this guff that everybody knew anyway being tied to video games below. Bear in mind, however, that you have to accept the entirely spurious notion of 'video games addiction' to really fall for this.
Joe's main insight is that, "The biggest risk factor for pathological video game use seems to be playing games to escape from daily life. Individuals who play games to get away from their lives or to pretend to be other people seem to be those most at-risk for becoming part of a vicious cycle. These gamers avoid their problems by playing games, which in turn interferes with their lives because they're so busy playing games."
Much like people who doing anything to escape from 'daily life' really. So, not so much being addicted to games as being anxious about life.
Read more about Joe's insights here.
Comments
Alex 24 Sep 2013 17:40
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But why WOULDN'T I accept the notion of 'video games addiction'? People can become addicted to a wide variety of activities. It seems that Hilgard has conducted a perfectly reasonable and well-researched study that correlates gaming motivations with the likelihood of gaming harming someone's life. It may have been 'obvious' that playing to escape would cause problems but even if it's obvious it's good to show that it's true. And that playing socially is a risk factor for overuse is a legitimately important result.
bobby lee 24 Sep 2013 23:41
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@Alex Because addiction is a chemical response in the brain that has not been shown with gaming
Gwyn 27 Sep 2013 22:46
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watch hilarious 'video' of man who knows more about something than us talking about what he's found