Video-Gaming Among High School Students: Health Correlates, Gender Differences, and Problematic Gaming

Desai, Rani A.; Krishnan‐Sarin, Suchitra; Cavallo, Dana A.; Potenza, Marc N.

doi:10.1542/peds.2009-2706

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“…In the current study, significantly more males than females were identified as addicted gamers and social gamers, and significantly more females than males were identified as non-gamers, a pattern that has also been widely reported with problem gambling. This gender divide has been reported elsewhere (Desai et al, 2010;Gentile, Choo, Liau, Sim, Fung, & Koo, 2011;Griffiths et al, 2004b;Lemmens et al, 2009Lemmens et al, , 2011Mentzoni et al, 2011;Padilla-Walker et al, 2010;. Whether or not game choice affected these results is beyond the scope of this paper but, as with gambling, video game manufacturers are becoming aware of the market potential of women gamers and these numbers may change as game designers create and promote games geared toward women and girls.…”

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“…Desai, Krishnan-Sarin, Cavallo, & Potenza (2010) reported gender differences between gamers and non-gamers. Among girls, gaming was associated with a lower risk of depression but increases in serious fights and carrying a weapon, whereas there were no significant negative health correlates of gaming in boys.…”

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“…The authors posited that their results were suggestive of a genderspecific self-selection process in that, whereas gaming may be more appealing to boys in general, it may be particularly attractive to girls with certain characteristics. However, this assumes that males and females are choosing to play the same kinds of games, something Desai et al (2010) did not examine. Wood, Griffiths, Chappell, and Davies (2004) found that males and females differed in regard to what game characteristics they rated as important; males preferred sophisticated artificial intelligence, skill development, shooting, and surviving against the odds, whereas females preferred cartoon-style graphics, use of humour, solving puzzles, avoiding things (i.e., dangerous places, spells), finding/collecting things, and finding bonuses.…”

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Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

McBride¹,

Derevensky²

2017

JGI

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Gambling and video game playing represent two leisure activities in which adolescents and young adults participate. There are psychological and behavioural parallels between some forms of gambling (e.g., slot machines, video lottery terminals, electronic gambling machines) and some types of video games (e.g., arcade games). Both activities operate on behavioural principles of variable reinforcement schedules in order to reward and prolong play and use exciting and stimulating sound and light effects within game play. Additionally, both activities have similar negative effects associated with excessive play (e.g., poor academic performance, moodiness, loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed, and interpersonal conflict). Thus, there is concern that children and adolescents who are attracted to video games, for both psychological rewards and the challenge, may be at greater risk to gamble. We examined the gambling and video game playing behaviour among 1,229 adolescents and young adults. Results indicate that gamblers, relative to non-gamblers, were more likely to play video games. Video game players were more likely than nonplayers to gamble. Both social and problem gamblers had higher rates of video game playing than did non-gamblers, and addicted gamers had higher rates of gambling than did social and non-gamers. Results from the current study suggest significant overlap in youth participation in both gambling activities and video game playing. These results have implications for future research and the treatment of problem gambling and video game addiction.

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Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

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Derevensky²

2017

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“…It enables them to access to information, do research and develop skills such as problem solving, creativity and critical thinking. On the other hand, excessive, uncontrolled and unthinking usage can have a negative effect on the development of personal skills and health and health practices (6)(7)(8). For example, regular physical activity is essential for a healthy productive life.…”

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Association between attitudes towards Internet usage and health practices in high-school students in 2 schools in Turkey: a cross-sectional study

Kaya

Aştı

Kaya³

et al. 2016

East Mediterr Health J

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Excessive usage of the Internet can negatively affect health and health practices especially among youth. To examine the issue among Turkish students, this study determined the association between high-school students' attitudes towards Internet usage and their health behaviour. The sample (n = 2043) was randomly drawn from all students at two high schools in Turkey: one in Anatolia and one (a vocational school) in Istanbul. Data were collected using the Structured Questionnaire, Attitude Scale towards Internet Usage (ASTIU) and Adolescent Lifestyle Profile (ALP). The mean age of the students was 16.3 years, 77.7% were male and 96.9% used the Internet; mean duration of Internet use was 18.8 h/week. Female students had more positive attitudes towards Internet usage. Mean scores for ASTIU and ALP were 72.58 (SD 17.64) and 111.34 (SD 16.61) respectively, which were average levels. There was a statistically significant but weak overall negative correlation between adolescents' attitudes towards Internet usage and their health behaviour. Our results concur with studies in different cultures which suggest some negative effects, of heavy Internet use.

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“…Nowadays, children spend a significant amount of time consuming online digital media, and a considerable part of this time is dedicated to digital gaming [6]. Most young people play video games at least occasionally, and many, especially boys, play them on a daily basis [7,8]. The consequences of these changes in children's play habits are increasingly becoming apparent.…”

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Play with Me! Gender-Typed Social Play Behavior Analysis in Interactive Tag Games

Moreno

Poppe

Heylen

2016

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Abstract. Promoting social behavior is one of the key goals in interactive games. In this paper, we present an experimental study in the Interactive Tag Playground (ITP) to investigate whether social behaviors reported in literature can also be observed through automated analysis. We do this by analyzing players' positions and roles, which the ITP logs automatically. Specifically, we address the effect that gender and age have on the amount of tags and the distance that players keep between them. Our findings largely replicate existing research, although not all hypothesized differences reached a level of statistical significance. With this proof-of-concept study, we have paved the way for the automated analysis of play, which can aid in making interactive playgrounds more engaging.

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Video-Gaming Among High School Students: Health Correlates, Gender Differences, and Problematic Gaming

Cited by 311 publications

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Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

Association between attitudes towards Internet usage and health practices in high-school students in 2 schools in Turkey: a cross-sectional study

Play with Me! Gender-Typed Social Play Behavior Analysis in Interactive Tag Games

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