Computer Game Addiction Joe Ahn Clemson University jahn@clemson.edu George Randall Clemson University grandal@clemson.edu ABSTRACT With the constant improvements in gaming technology‚ ranging from graphics to new types of controllers to faster processors‚ there is a growing problem of computer game addiction. In order to fully understand this problem‚ one must define addiction. According to the Center for Addiction and Mental Health‚ addiction is a psychological or a physical dependence
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the “The effects of Computer Game Addiction”. And the researcher made sure that the readers would easily understand anything that indicated in this paper. This chapter contains the research design‚ research locale‚ sample and sampling techniques‚ instrumentation‚ procedure for gathering data‚ statistical treatment of data and description of respondents. RESEARCH DESIGN This study used the descriptive method to gather the information about the effects of computer game addiction regarding
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The Effects of Drinking Behavior on College Students’ Academic Performance Abstract This study investigated the relationship between college students’ academic performance and their drinking behaviors. It was hypothesized that higher alcohol intake levels would be related to lower GPA. In the experiment‚ 28 Psychology students took an online survey which examined their level of alcohol intake in reference to their current grades. Current grades were measured by GPA and alcohol intake was
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the study was to address the association between computer games and students’ academic achievement. The exceptional growth in numbers of children playing computer games‚ the uneasiness and incomplete understanding foundation when starting the discussion on computer games have stimulated this study to be conducted. From a survey conducted on 236 form one students in one of the Malaysian secondary school‚ 75.8 percent were gamers. Playing computer games seemed to be more stereotypically boy’s activity
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variables‚ are associated with what is referred to as Internet addiction among college students at a large Midwestern University. We also want to determine if gender‚ locus of control‚ and individual sociability moderate the relationships between communication variables and Internet utilization. This type of analysis makes the current study more systematic in its approach for understanding the dynamics underlying the so-called Internet addiction phenomena. Previous studies on this topic have been more
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Dissertations David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics 12-1-2011 E Effects of Internet Use on Academic Achievement and Behavioral Adjustment among South Korean Adolescents: Mediating and Moderating Roles of Parental Factors Soohyun Kim Syracuse University‚ skim67@syr.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://surface.syr.edu/cfs_etd Part of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Kim‚ Soohyun‚ "E Effects of Internet Use on Academic Achievement and Behavioral
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Life nowadays is impossible without technology. Modern inventions make life easier. Most of the people‚ especially professionals and students are using every single piece of modern technology. One of these modern technologies is what they called “Internet”. Internet is known as the ocean of information. It is very useful‚ especially to business and academic purposes of a person. It consists of many privates‚ public‚ government networks‚ of local and global scope‚ that are linked by a broad
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Foreign Literature On Computer Game Addiction Foreign Literature: Lepper‚ M. R. & Gurtner‚ J (2000)‚ states that prolonged and excessive use of these games can cause‚ mainly upon children‚ a number of physical and psychological problems which may include obsessive‚ addictive behaviour‚ dehumanization of the player‚ desensitizing of feelings‚ personality changes‚ hyperactivity learning disorders‚ premature maturing of children‚ psychomotor disorders‚ health problems (due to lack of exercise
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paradigm shift with applications in diseases related to lack of motivation and mental fatigue and depression‚ Parkinson’s‚ multiple sclerosis‚ fibromyalgia‚ etc. and diseases where there is excessive motivation and persistence as in the case of addictions. "It was believed that dopamine regulated pleasure and reward and that we release it when we obtain something that satisfies us‚ but in fact the latest scientific evidence shows that this neurotransmitter acts before that‚ it actually encourages
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ESSAY 2 : THE EFFECT OF THE COMPUTER ADDICTION Technology has developed so much that it is almost crucial to have electronic devices particularly the personal computers at home‚ school‚ internet café‚ etc. Teenagers have gotten soused to have technology around them. However‚ while having these computers that make life easier‚ comfortable‚ and handy at most of the times‚ it could also have negative effects on their lives particularly in their studies when used too much. When these computers are used
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