Exploring The Potential For Addiction

A great deal of research has focused on the identification of addicted adolescent gamers (Van Rooij, Schoenmakers, Vermulst, Van Den Eijnden, & Van de Mheen, 2011). Van Rooij et al. (2011) assumed to provide empirical data-driven to identify a group of addicted online gamers. The video game industry is among the fastest growing sectors of the US economy (ESA Entertainment Software Association, 2013). Both Korean and western researchers report specifically that Massive

The videogame addiction may seem funny or ridiculous, but in reality it is a dangerous obsession that truly exposes several needs that have yet to be addressed within the afflicted. Addiction is a damaging problem, and the impact of varying sorts of addictions, such as illegal and

In today’s culture, people who regularly play video games have been stereotypically viewed as overweight, lazy, slobs, who can’t keep a job and never leave their homes. However, a majority of the population plays video games or owns a console. These stereotypes mostly apply to PC gamers, and MMO players in particular. While most people don’t develop such severe addictions to the game, there is a group of people who suffer. These people are usually imagined as overweight men in their parent’s basements, sporting acne and greasy hair. There are most definitely people that fit this profile, however, video game addiction can claim many different people from many different walks of life. It is most definitely a serious issue, but some people don’t see the degree to which it affects everyday life. Personally, I feel that I can elaborate on the matter with a different perspective, as I have been closeup and personal to video game addiction.

Video game addiction is not yet recognized by the American Medical Association as a diagnosable disorder, but addiction has become a very real problem for many video game players. An addiction is when the person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep them going, and if the person does not get more, they can become irritable and miserable. Compulsive gaming meets these criteria, and there have been many studied instances where severe withdrawal symptoms in game addicts are seen when parents take away the child’s electronic gaming system. According to chapter three of the book, a study in Singapore of 3,000 middle schoolers found that the

In Iran, there are few and limited studies on the effects of addiction to computer games on players. Considering the increasing rate of addiction to computer games among Iranian adolescents and youth, the present study was conducted to

International studies have shown that between seven and eleven per cent of gamers show some symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’.

The following research proposal is determining if there is a correlational relationship between substance addiction and internet gaming addiction. Addiction is still seen in society as a lack of willpower or a flaw in a person’s character. This research will add to current research that is striving to show that addiction is a disease of the mind. Archival research and content analysis will be acquired to provide information on both addictions and possible co-addictions. An interview process will be conducted to gain data from participants that currently suffer from both addictions. The results of this research study are expected to support the hypothesis that if a person has an underlying substance addiction then it could be a factor in developing a secondary behavioral addiction such as internet gaming addiction. The study would add to the existing research being done on addiction. Showing that addiction is not limited to one element of a person’s life.

What is the cause of addiction(s)? An addiction is cause by a person’s psychological habit that got developed into the person’s mental and physical condition, in which a person is unable to take control. The reason why people develop an addiction is because they have psychological, emotional, and interpersonal problem that they don’t want to deal with, so they find alternative ways to avoid the problems. Some people turn to drugs as a way to escape reality, but the majority of the people turn to the virtual online world to escape from their psychological, emotional, and interpersonal problem. A virtual online game that is currently popular for people to escape their psychological, emotional and interpersonal problem would be a game called World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game(MMORPG), in which player have a vast of task they can do, ranging from exploring areas, fight monsters to level up, quests, interacting and battle with other players to unlocking abilities and spells. World of Warcraft, like many other MMORPG, is a highly addicting game. The reason for that is because there are always new things to do, there are a lot of people to socialize with, and it is a place where a person can go to escape from reality. World of Warcraft, get people addicted by creating habit(s) to their consumer causing them to want to play regularly. In the book, The

With this in mind, Han and Renshaw gives several studies have reported that video and on-line game play may improve visuospatial capacity, visual acuity, task switching, decision making and object tracking in healthy individuals. Moreover, Han and Renshaw feels like Green and Bavelier that gaming have most benefits than negative effects on the mind. Han and Renshaw argues that any kind of changes of one’s behavior and or alterations of the mind comes down to the individual and the specific kind of game. They show early studies state internet addiction (involving game playing) reported altered social behavior, increases aggression, loneliness, reduces attention and depressed mood in patients with internet addiction. Important to mention, more

Video Games cause social isolation, for example a 15 year old boy in Sweden pass out after playing World of Warcraft for 24 hours straight, he passed out because he started experiencing social withdrawal, the kid was lacking contact with other humans, and his body’s response to the problem was to pass out. On an extreme level, Ruya Cunningham, a college student spent twenty hours a week playing video games, she eventually “dropped out of school, stopped exercising, and even stopped bathing” (Marcovitz 70). Later on, Ruya Cunningham developed depression, but she kept playing video games because she was addicted to the game. When people are addicted to a game, there is a spiraling vortex sucking the gamer away from society and from sanity. As a consequence of playing violent video games, many teen gamers struggle with real world relationships, this is because they form close virtual relationships with people they meet online. A man in Wisconsin has formed a tremendously close relationship with a group of guys he plays online with, he discusses politics with them and they send each other Christmas gifts even though they do not know each other (Marcovitz 70-72). Video games can also affect the players mental and their physiological state.

Have you ever wanted to escape reality? There are many ways to do so, you can turn to drugs or you can turn to something less self destructive such as writing or music. This is just a few methods that can help escape the reality you live in but the big question is why. Why are some so desperate to leave the reality that is known as life that they turn to self destruction? Once they start a way to escape from reality that works they get addicted to it. Addiction, according to the dictionary, is the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. Addiction is something that takes away the pain or at least

Internet gaming is one of the most common problem of which many people around the globe are facing in their daily lives. Addiction, one of the serious problems with internet gaming have caused severe changes to their behavior and attitude to life. Majority of teenagers and

The empirical review in this study shows first how much children and adolescents have put into gaming over time. In 2010, both video and PC game software retail sales amounted to approximately $15.5 (US) billion (as cited in Johnson, 2011). Games now have the ability to create massive worlds that let players develop their own alter egos and avatars as they see fit. Having the whole world to join into with anyone one at any time at any location that the user sees fit; making extremely massive committees that grow day to day. Making these games fully immerse in a virtual reality setting, in which the world can be shape as those deemed it to be shaped. A recent systematic literature review suggests that it is particularly excessive engagement with “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game” (MMORPGs) that can

Studies have constantly verified the reality of a small subgroup of video gamers that is seemingly addicted to games. Although video game addiction is not a new observable fact, the introduction of an online component in the current generation of games has almost certainly increased the size and possibility of the problem. This online factor in gaming led to the instigation of handling programmers targeting gaming addiction. Consequently, there is increasing focus upon online games when studying video game addiction. Both Korean and western researchers report particularly that Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs)

Online gaming is becoming a major concern of addiction in the world today. Online gaming is becoming more and more popular and increasing at a