CSU Psychology: Effects of Computer Game Addiction on Teenagers

This assignment delves into the topic of computer game addiction, specifically focusing on its impact on teenagers. It begins with a brief history of the issue, followed by an outline of the positive and negative effects of video games on adolescents. The assignment then explores various types of addictive games and the underlying reasons behind the addiction, such as leveling systems and strong emotional connections to characters. Real-world examples of addictive gamers are also presented. The student researches and includes journal articles and other relevant articles in APA 6th edition format to support their findings. The assignment concludes with a brief summary of the discovered information, highlighting the emergence of problematic gaming addiction, its potential cognitive benefits, and the more significant negative consequences, including aggressive behavior, social isolation, and health issues. The report also mentions the prevalence of online role-playing games and other genres as highly addictive, and the reasons behind this addiction.

Running head: ADDICTION TO COMPUTER GAMES
ADDICTION TO COMPUTER GAMES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Question 1:
Topic Chosen
Addiction to Computer Games
Question 2:
Write in point form - what you would like to cover for the topic you have chosen
History of problematic games.
Positive and negative effects of video games on teenager.
Type of addictive Games.
Reason behind the addiction.
Real example of addictive gamers.
Question 3:
Review what you have written in question 1, and narrow down your title
Excessive computer use: Effects of addiction to computer games on the teenager.
Question 4:
Research three journal articles in the CSU Database related to your topic. This is
located in the CSU Library website. Journal articles must not be older than three
years old. Enter these three journal articles here, in APA 6th edition format. This
is the standard format for most CSU subjects. You will use the contents of these
journals to write your structured report.

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Hulteen, R. M., Ridgers, N. D., Johnson, T. M., Mellecker, R. R., & Barnett, L. M.
(2015). Perceptual and Motor Skills, 121(3), 767-790.
Frölich, J., Lehmkuhl, G., Orawa, H., Bromba, M., Wolf, K., & Görtz, D. A. February
2016. Computers in Human Behavior, 55, 9-15.
Guermazi, F., Halouani, N., Yaich, K., Ennaoui, R., Chouayakh, S., Aloulou, J., &
Amami, O. (2017). European Psychiatry, 41, 203-204.
Question 5:
Research three other articles (magazines, newspaper, reports, etc) related to your
topic. You may find them in the CSU Database or Google. Articles must not be
older than three years old. Enter these three other articles here, in APA 6th
edition format. You will use the contents of these articles to write your structured
report.
Gentile, D. A., Bailey, K., Bavelier, D., Brockmyer, J. F., Cash, H., Coyne, S. M., &
Markle, T. (2017). Internet gaming disorder in children and
adolescents. Pediatrics, 140(Supplement 2), S81-S85.
Griffiths, M. D., Király, O., Pontes, H. M., & Demetrovics, Z. (2015). An overview of
problematic gaming. Mental health in the digital age: Grave dangers, great promise, 27-
45.
Hussain, Z., Williams, G. A., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). An exploratory study of the
association between online gaming addiction and enjoyment motivations for playing
massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Computers in Human Behavior, 50,
221-230.
Müller, K. W., Janikian, M., Dreier, M., Wölfling, K., Beutel, M. E., Tzavara, C., &
Tsitsika, A. (2015). Regular gaming behavior and internet gaming disorder in European
adolescents: results from a cross-national representative survey of prevalence,
predictors, and psychopathological correlates. European Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry, 24(5), 565-574.

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Question 6:
After completing the first five questions, comment briefly what you have
discovered about the topic you picked.
The term Problematic gaming addiction was started looming in late 19s. Playing
video games has some positive effects such as it improves cognitive functions, quick
thinking and accuracy, decision-making skills and improve teamwork. However, it has
more negative effects such as Increase aggressive behavior, Social isolation and health
issues. There are certain types of games whose are more addictive than others. Online
role-playing games are considered as top addictive games among teenager. Adventure,
simulation, Strategy games are also on the list of addictive games. The reasons behind
this addiction are the leveling system, No pre-defined ending and strong emotion over
some character. There are a lot of true stories over the internet on addictive gamers.
Example Teen burns his classmate, fifty hour StarCraft session, Girl dies because of
neglect and Teen murders mother over Halo 3.