Boys who play video games may be at lower risk for depression: UK Study
3 years, 10 months ago

Boys who play video games may be at lower risk for depression: UK Study

Live Mint  

Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study. The study participants had all answered questions about their time spent on social media, playing video games, or using the internet, at age 11, and also answered questions about depressive symptoms, such as low mood, loss of pleasure and poor concentration, at age 14. The researchers found that boys who played video games most days had 24% fewer depressive symptoms, three years later than boys who played video games less than once a month, although this effect was only significant among boys with low physical activity levels, and was not found among girls. Screen use patterns between boys and girls may have influenced the findings, as boys in the study played video games more often than girls and used social media less frequently.

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Scientifically Speaking | A new study challenges the notion that video games are harmful to mental health
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientifically Speaking | A new study challenges the notion that video games are harmful to mental health

Hindustan Times  

The discussion on the impact of video games on mental well-being has been a hot topic for years, typically driven by concerns that gaming might be harmful. In the past, the supposed link between video games and mental health was built on correlational studies that show some kind of relationship between video gaming and mental health. Researchers like Egami and …

How a dire shortage of video game consoles helped prove that gaming boosts mental health
4 months ago

How a dire shortage of video game consoles helped prove that gaming boosts mental health

LA Times  

A run on Nintendo Switches and Sony PlayStations during the pandemic had the unintended consequence of allowing researchers to test whether gaming causes changes in the mental well-being of players. But experiments like these don’t reflect the way people play video games in real life, Egami said. While it’s difficult to interpret the exact size of the effects, they “seem …

Phone's A Friend: 9-17-Year-Olds Spend More than 3 Hrs A Day on Social Media, OTT & Online Games: 61% Urban Parents
1 year, 3 months ago

Phone's A Friend: 9-17-Year-Olds Spend More than 3 Hrs A Day on Social Media, OTT & Online Games: 61% Urban Parents

News 18  

Kids spend an average of three hours or more each day on social media, videos/OTT and online games, 61% urban Indian parents of children aged 9-17 told LocalCircles during a survey. 15% SPEND MORE THAN 6 HOURS A DAY As all children don’t spend the same time on the internet, the first survey question sought to know from citizens: “How …

Worried about your kids' video gaming? Here's how to help them set healthy limits
1 year, 6 months ago

Worried about your kids' video gaming? Here's how to help them set healthy limits

NPR  

Worried about your kids' video gaming? But as I learned from talking to numerous experts — psychologists, game designers and researchers — the impact of video games is more nuanced than that of other kinds of screen time, like social media. Sponsor Message "Research has shown again and again and again, time spent playing video games is not predictive of …

New-age online games affecting children, say experts
1 year, 10 months ago

New-age online games affecting children, say experts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The proliferation of online games with irrational themes among tweens and teens has increased more quickly than in the past, especially during the Covid-19-induced lockdown period, which is having an impact on children' mentality and personality development, according to psychiatrists. Interactive games such as "Chapters: Interactive stories’ for 17+ target audience tend to encourage criminal activity by posing questions …

Video games neither harm nor benefit kid's mind? New study makes parents rethink
1 year, 10 months ago

Video games neither harm nor benefit kid's mind? New study makes parents rethink

Hindustan Times  

Playing video games has been found to neither harm nor benefit the cognitive abilities of children and young adults, according to a new research. New study makes parents rethink Parents may rethink family's video-gaming rules as the research challenges the fears that children who spend hours playing video would manifest unhealthy results in their cognitive ability, it said. Participating students …

Kids as young as 9 hooked on social media, online gaming
2 years ago

Kids as young as 9 hooked on social media, online gaming

India Today  

Over 40% of urban Indian parents admit their children between ages 9-17 are addicted to social media, videos and online gaming, reveals a survey conducted by LocalCircles, a community social media platform. A whopping 49% of them say their children between ages 9-13 are spending 3 hours or more each day on social media, videos and online games and 47% …

Children who play video games are MORE intelligent than their peers, study suggests
2 years, 2 months ago

Children who play video games are MORE intelligent than their peers, study suggests

Daily Mail  

Parents often think of them as a waste of time, but playing video games may actually boost children's intelligence. Researchers found children aged nine to ten who played three or more hours a day on average performed better in cognitive and memory tests More than six in ten children in the US and UK are estimated to play video games. …

7 Shocking Benefits of Playing Video Games According to Scientists
2 years, 5 months ago

7 Shocking Benefits of Playing Video Games According to Scientists

News 18  

Parents don’t like to see their kids play video games all day and not go out. Surgeries are often important to save someone’s life, which would lead people to think that surgeons wouldn’t be wasting their time playing video games. Leadership Due to the nature of recent games which reward leadership traits, researchers noted that players can have a similar …

Minors addicted to beauty, violent games
2 years, 7 months ago

Minors addicted to beauty, violent games

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Online games have become a breeding ground for body shaming and bullying. A worrying fact is that despite age restrictions, even 12-year-old children have become addicted to such games. Children’s mindset gets poisoned by such misuse of technology,” said Dr. Devashish Palkar, a psychiatrist. Clinical psychologist Dr. Anita Are said that children are getting increasingly addicted to games that …

If your child is addicted to online gaming, you should read this advisory by the government
3 years ago

If your child is addicted to online gaming, you should read this advisory by the government

India Today  

With the advent of games like PUBG, Battleroyals and many others, online gaming addiction has been increased by manifolds. However, keeping the issues faced by most parents in mind, the government has issued a plethora of advisories on safe online gaming. The Ministry of Education has issued an advisory to parents and teachers on the adverse effects of online gaming. …

Amid Covid pandemic, online gaming addiction among kids a concern, say experts
3 years, 3 months ago

Amid Covid pandemic, online gaming addiction among kids a concern, say experts

Hindustan Times  

On August 25, a 16-year-old from Andheri left his house after his father reprimanded him for having spent ₹10 lakh, in a month, from his mother’s bank account for making in-game purchases, while playing PUBG online. According to Childline and city psychologists, the age of students being reported with mild as well as severe screen or online gaming addiction has …

Study finds girls suffer mental health impacts after just two hours of screen time
3 years, 4 months ago

Study finds girls suffer mental health impacts after just two hours of screen time

ABC  

New global research has found excess screen time and a lack of physical activity is harming the mental health of adolescents. Key points: The study found girls began to have mental health impacts after two hours' screen time The effects took twice that time to become noticeable in boys UQ researcher Asad Khan says balancing screens with physical activity is …

STDs are rising among teens. Can video games help?
3 years, 9 months ago

STDs are rising among teens. Can video games help?

Salon  

Perhaps for no group does the specter of sexually transmitted diseases loom larger than it does for young people. The push to gamify sex education is part of a broader movement to deploy video games in targeting health issues ranging from depression to tobacco use. And while relatively few randomized controlled trials — considered the gold standard for research — …

Young Men are Choosing Video Games over Casual Hooking Up, Finds New Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Young Men are Choosing Video Games over Casual Hooking Up, Finds New Study

News 18  

If you think young men prioritise sex the most over other pleasurable pastimes then you might be wrong as new research has shown that they can give up on sex to play video games. The findings, which included 2,000 young men and women, indicate that the proportion who say they have not had a non-romantic sexual encounter in the past …

Too Much TV or Mobile Screen Exposure Can Cause Suicidal Thoughts in Teens: Study
3 years, 10 months ago

Too Much TV or Mobile Screen Exposure Can Cause Suicidal Thoughts in Teens: Study

News 18  

A new study has found that adolescents who spent an increased amount of time hooked to the screens in the form of television, smartphone or game consoles, showed signs of developing suicidal thoughts in their later teens. Through the years, it was found that adolescent girls whose time spent watching TV, playing video games or on social media increased in …

The Social Media Generation: Behavioural Addiction in Children and Adolescents is a Real Concern
3 years, 11 months ago

The Social Media Generation: Behavioural Addiction in Children and Adolescents is a Real Concern

News 18  

Living in an age of constant technological advancements, especially in the field of computer science, has a lot of benefits. While the DSM-5 only recognizes gambling addiction, there are a lot of debates going on about the inclusion of other widespread forms of behavioural addiction, such as addiction to shopping, sexual intercourse, watching pornography, playing video games, scrolling social media …

Stress or stress-buster: what’s a video game to you?
4 years ago

Stress or stress-buster: what’s a video game to you?

Live Mint  

Earlier this month, gambling website BonusFinder, partnering with sports scientists, measured the heart rates of 14 gamers as they played 16 console, PC and mobile gaming titles most popular at the moment. Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute used industry data from game companies on actual play time for two games, Plants vs Zombies: Battle For Neighborville from Electronic Arts …

Social media 'doesn't increase mental health problems in teens'
4 years, 4 months ago

Social media 'doesn't increase mental health problems in teens'

Daily Mail  

Spending time on social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok does not increase the risk of mental health issues among teenagers, a study claims. Scroll down for video Contrary to popular wisdom, the use of social media platforms including Instagram is 'not a strong or consistent risk factor for depressive symptoms' among adolescents, researchers say 'Increasingly, teenagers are …

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