The News:
Video Games Linked To Poor Relationships With Friends, Family
ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2009) — A new study connects young adults' use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family – and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings.
Brigham Young University undergrad Alex Jensen and his faculty mentor, Laura Walker, publish their results Jan. 23 in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
The research is based on information collected from 813 college students around the country. As the amount of time playing video games went up, the quality of relationships with peers and parents went down.
"It may be that young adults remove themselves from important social settings to play video games, or that people who already struggle with relationships are trying to find other ways to spend their time," Walker said. "My guess is that it's some of both and becomes circular."
For the record, Walker did not stand in the way of her family's wish for a Nintendo Wii. Jensen had hoped to find some positive results as justification for playing Madden NFL.
Study participants reported how often they play video games. They also answered a battery of questions measuring relationship quality, including how much time, trust, support and affection they share with friends and parents. Read on...
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3 comments:
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I think this is true if an individual stays in front of his console the whole day alone in his room. But if a person plays Download Games/Video Games with his family/friends, I don't think, he'll ever lack good/harmonious relationship with them. Its just a matter of time management.
i think it really just depends on the individual. Nothing makes a person, a person uses things to form themselves. I am on the internet a lot, and would it is has made me more socialable. But i also believe some people a less socialable because of too much internet, games, and tv.
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