Health Risk of Video Gaming in Adults the researchers. Behaviors such as aggression, obesity, delinquency, and poor academic performance have been linked to video games. Many video game effects remain stable into adulthood. A survey found that many video game players (about twenty-five percent) have sacrificed a hobby or interest and about twenty percent said it prevented them from socializing with friends, family, or spouse and also to sleep! So far, the research is informative but fails to show any connection between physical and/or mental health and video games. In short, the objective of this study was to differentiate adult video game players from non-players based on personal and environmental factors. It was hypothesized that adults who play video games would have poorer self-perception of their health, a higher body mass index, and that results would also vary by gender. In the study, video game players and non-video game players as well as male and female gamers and non-gamers were the independent variable manipulated by the researcher. Determinants such as depression, psychoticism or body mass index are the dependent variable or what was observed and measured after the administration of the independent variable. The study was a survey of 562 participants aged 19 to 90 years old. They were asked to answer questions based on their use of the game and their opinions. Study results show that video game players report more depression and psychoticism than non-players and have a higher body mass index and poorer health status......mid article......study found that female gamers reported greater depression and poorer health than non-gaming women. The study also claims that women play video games to “self-medicate.” It is therefore more credible that the women who reported depression were playing video games to “self-medicate” rather than that video games were the cause of their depression. The goal is to give researchers more information on the topic and give them a probable reason to move on to more in-depth studies on the issue. The study only proved a correlation between video game players and health problems, although the MSNBC article considers this a direct cause. Video gaming and health problems could possibly be associated, not because video games cause health problems, but because health problems, such as social anxiety disorder, cause people to play games. video games..

Essay / Health Risk of Video Gaming in Adults the researchers. Behaviors such as aggression, obesity, delinquency, and poor academic performance have been linked to video games. Many video game effects remain stable into adulthood. A survey found that many video game players (about twenty-five percent) have sacrificed a hobby or interest and about twenty percent said it prevented them from socializing with friends, family, or spouse and also to sleep! So far, the research is informative but fails to show any connection between physical and/or mental health and video games. In short, the objective of this study was to differentiate adult video game players from non-players based on personal and environmental factors. It was hypothesized that adults who play video games would have poorer self-perception of their health, a higher body mass index, and that results would also vary by gender. In the study, video game players and non-video game players as well as male and female gamers and non-gamers were the independent variable manipulated by the researcher. Determinants such as depression, psychoticism or body mass index are the dependent variable or what was observed and measured after the administration of the independent variable. The study was a survey of 562 participants aged 19 to 90 years old. They were asked to answer questions based on their use of the game and their opinions. Study results show that video game players report more depression and psychoticism than non-players and have a higher body mass index and poorer health status......mid article......study found that female gamers reported greater depression and poorer health than non-gaming women. The study also claims that women play video games to “self-medicate.” It is therefore more credible that the women who reported depression were playing video games to “self-medicate” rather than that video games were the cause of their depression. The goal is to give researchers more information on the topic and give them a probable reason to move on to more in-depth studies on the issue. The study only proved a correlation between video game players and health problems, although the MSNBC article considers this a direct cause. Video gaming and health problems could possibly be associated, not because video games cause health problems, but because health problems, such as social anxiety disorder, cause people to play games. video games..

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