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Video Games Linked Poor Relationships, Drug Use
In news likely to upset every Nana who bought her grandchildren a brand new Nintendo Wii for the holidays, a recent study has linked video games to poor relationships and drug use.
The study was conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah, who talked to 813 university students across the United States. They found that as the amount of gaming time went up for those individuals, the quality of relationships with friends and family went down.
"Relationship quality is one of a cluster of things that we found to be associated with video games," said researcher Laura Walker. "The most striking part is that everything we found clustered around video game use is negative." Avid gamers also use drugs more frequently than the average person, according to the study; the average individual who plays games every day smokes marijuana three times as often as the average non-gamer and twice as often as the casual gamer. [From: Tech Radar]
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Also revealed was that the more people play games, the more likely they are to engage in "risky" behaviors (read: drinking, drug abuse). Those who game on a daily basis reported smoking pot almost twice as often as occasional players, and three times as often as those who never play. For young women, self-worth was low if their time spent playing video games was high.
It's worth noting that BYU is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church), which mandates behavior in line with Mormon teachings, including prohibitions on extra-marital sex and the consumption of drugs and alcohol.
Just saying, is all. [From: Tech Radar]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsMaster ShakeJan 26th 2009 12:32PM
Oh, well - a study at Brigham Young University ... who could possibly question a bunch of Mormons who think that a good relationship means one 40-50 year old guy and a dozen or more little girls? Maybe someone upset that his "wives" were too busy playing Nintendo to service him.
johnJan 26th 2009 12:32PM
HAHAHA I love the fact that you guys put the last paragraph in talking about how Mormons are just complete nut jobs! Great article! Mormonism is for wackos!
MadMikeJan 26th 2009 12:50PM
Like I'm going to believe ANYTHING coming from Brigham Young University. Why can't the US just call them a Cult and go all Waco on them!
drktranquillityJan 26th 2009 2:14PM
That's just funny.
sgnoraa47Jan 26th 2009 2:56PM
Yeah mormons are a little wacky...but if youve spent much time mmorpg'ing you know its true. "AFK to HTB (hit the bowl) is about the most common phrase ive seen. sad but true. I was addicted to mmorpgs and weed at one point, and it was a struggle to get off both (laugh all you want i know you will). But in the end, this article is dead on the money. How many people still play WoW everyday in here that are completely bored of it? how many have lost a wife or a friend in the course of playing, felt bad, and kepy right on playing? look up the definition of addiction-thats it. Ignoring bad consequences and still using whatever t is your using. Cross addiction ftl.