Video Games,Gaming Disorder and Violence (Gaming Hunters Post 7)

GAMING DISORDER

Gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online  or offline, manifested by:

1) impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context);

2) increasing priority is given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and

3) continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.

Gaming Addiction : Video game addiction is a serious disorder characterized by excessive gameplay and disturbances in normal life functioning. The American Psychiatric Association does not yet consider video game addiction or compulsive gaming a diagnosable condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), yet many mental health and behavioral health experts consider the condition to be real and serious. Experts believe that the signs and symptoms of video game addiction mimic those of other compulsive disorders, such as exercise addiction and sex addiction.

                                               

VIOLENCE

One review of research by the American Psychological Association found that people who played violent video games were very slightly more likely to engage in aggressive behavior(actions like playing a loud sound that people they were competing against could hear over an audio system). However, the APA said playing games was not enough to cause aggression.

Other studies have found no link between game violence and violent or aggressive thoughts. Some researches, like APA member Chris Ferguson, have been disputed findings connecting games to aggression, saying many of the studies that drew such conclusions had methodological problems.

Either way, aggressive behavior is not the same as violence.

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