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.jayderyu on 24 January 2009
Rath said:

Correlation not causation.

Did they ever stop to think that young adults with low self esteem and poor social skills are more likely to do drugs, drink and play games? Gaming is a symptom not a cause.

 

 I think one of us misinterpreted the article. I'm reading it that if one already have social problems from whatever reason. There is in an increase of more than average drinking, drug use or playing video games. What's really being said is that VGs or at least the hardcore videogames are found among people who have negative social habits in general. Supposedly if we checked the drug use reports of that demographic we will find that X type drug users also play video games.

As you said it's correlation not so much causation and the article doesn't seem to really disagree. At least not from the article posted.



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Baggins on 24 January 2009

Boring

We all get fucked, I don't know many people who havent tried pills\base most do it every weekend in the UK. I'm talking about people who aren't losers and spend all their time on the internet (so you guys most likely wouldn't count as a good sample before the comments come in saying I'm talking crap)



SamuelRSmith on 24 January 2009
Baggins said:
Boring

We all get fucked, I don't know many people who havent tried pillsbase most do it every weekend in the UK. I'm talking about people who aren't losers and spend all their time on the internet (so you guys most likely wouldn't count as a good sample before the comments come in saying I'm talking crap)

 

I don't spend all my time on the internet.

So, you, sir, are talking crap.



neit_jnf on 24 January 2009

so where do a Master Degree in Engineering with a professional career (me) fall into this study?



colonelstubbs on 24 January 2009

That picture of the guy in the urinal is...awesome!



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Phendrana on 24 January 2009

I'm drunk right now after being up all night doing drugs. This article is magic.



mike_intellivision on 24 January 2009

The study notes that it is correlation, not causation. And sometimes correlations are spurious. I wonder if the same numbers were run on computer usage -- or any potentially solitary activity (working out at the gym) would show a similar pattern. Furthermore, nothing speaks of the strength of this correlation.

This was based on a nationwide survey. Interesting that of the 813 respondents, 500 were women. It is also northworthy that this in interpreting data from a general study, not a specific study looking at video games. So the structure could lead to some interesting results.

I would like to read the entire journal article. I wonder if I can get it at work (WVU). It would also be interesting to see what else was included on the survey.

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Dianko on 24 January 2009

Wow, this is a retarded study. But what can you expect from BYU?



Katilian on 24 January 2009

Little tidbit from my quick scan through the paper:

"...while violent video game use was associated with more sexual partners..."

I think I've found why the "hardcore" gamers are so upset about the influx of casual games



Feylic on 24 January 2009

I think whoever did this study is a drunk or druggie...