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Gorman, Douglas A. Gentile, and C. Shawn Green  \nAs the popularity of video games has risen so too has the worry about the problems associated with playing them. The authors review the research concerning problem gaming, its similarity to some clinical addictions like gambling and drug and alcohol abuse, and current treatment options. They conclude that, regardless of how researchers and medical professionals assess the nature of a gaming disorder, few who play video games experience negative consequences from doing so and, at best, only a small subset of players might be considered to suffer from an addiction to it. Keywords: addiction;  \ninternet gaming disorder; problem gaming; video games  \nThe Rise of Video Games  \nVideo games are now one of the dominant forms of entertainment in the modern world. According to recent estimates, over 1.2 billion individuals play video games worldwide, and over 150 million of these individuals live in the United States. These game players represent a wide variety of demographic categories. For instance, although the common stereotype depicts video gamers as young males exclusively, in fact 44 percent of gamers are female, and 27 percent are older than fifty (Entertainment Software Association 2015) . Yet indisputably, video games are disproportionately popular among younger individuals. Ninety percent of teens play video games; boys aged eight to eighteen play an average of sixteen hours a week, and girls the same age average nine hours per week (Gentile et al. 2009) .  \nAs the popularity of video games has risen, so too has the amount of scientific research dedicated to investigating the effects of video game play. Researchers have explored the effects of video games from the perspective of essentially every subspecialty within psychology—including cognitive psychology, social  \n309  \nAmerican Journal of Play, volume 10, number 3 © The Strong [Contact Thomas E. Gorman at tegorman@wisc.edu](Contact Thomas E. Gorman at tegorman@wisc.edu)  \npsychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology. Perhaps not surprisingly given this breadth of research, the findings are complex, with the positives and negatives varying depending on the type of video game under investigation and the type of questions asked.  \nFor instance, the majority of studies in cognitive psychology have found a positive relationship between playing a particular type of video game—action video games—and perceptual and cognitive abilities. The benefits associated with action video game play include everything from faster response times to improved vision to greater ease switching among tasks. Critically, these outcomes are not seen as a result of playing all video games. Indeed, many types of videogames—in particular those lacking action content—appear to confer few if any benefits compared to the benefits conferred by video game play that does involve action (Spence and Feng 2010; Dale and Green 2017) .  \nThe same basic trend—in which the impact of games depends on the types of games played—seems apparent for social psychology as well. Here, research links the playing particular types of heroic or helping games to a number of prosocial outcomes, including increases in empathy and helping behaviors (Gentile et al. 2009; Greitemeyer and Osswald 2010; Greitemeyer and Mügge 2014; Prot et al. 2014). Conversely, other research has linked playing specific types of violent and aggressive video games to a number of antisocial outcomes, including increases in aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Anderson et al. 2010; Gentile et al. 2014) .  \nFinally, clinically there has been interest in a variety of possible disorders, including problematic gaming (Gentile et al. 2009), which is the focus of this article, as well as in a possible link between video game play and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Gentile et al. 2012; Swing et al. 2010) .  \nThe research on pro","cbCaiqyP7BUvNcn0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqyP7BUvNcn0","pdf",195692,"English","# Problem Gaming - A Short Primer\n## The Rise of Video Games\n## Addiction—Conceptualization and Measurement","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the article on video gaming problems?\",\"answer\":\"The article reviews research on problem gaming and its relationship to clinical addictions such as gambling and drug/alcohol abuse.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the authors assess whether video gaming constitutes an addiction?\",\"answer\":\"They compare problem gaming to clinical addiction concepts and discuss how different diagnostic approaches can be applied, while noting that negative outcomes are uncommon for most players.\"},{\"question\":\"What dimensions are used to classify mental disorders in the discussion?\",\"answer\":\"Classification is described in terms of four dimensions: deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger (the 4Ds of psychopathology).\"},{\"question\":\"What does the research summary suggest about benefits and harms from games?\",\"answer\":\"Findings vary by game type: action games are linked with cognitive/perceptual benefits, while other categories (e.g., certain violent/aggressive games) are associated with antisocial outcomes.\"}]","Problem Gaming - A Short Primer | PDF",1792072808,48]