Is Excessive Game Play the Only Factor that Contributes to Pathalogical Disorders and Negative Behaviors?

People do not just does wake up one day with an addiction to something.

Reasons Video games should not be the victim:

• Environmental factors effect peoples morals, behaviors and standards.

• Gender: proven to be more problematic in boys than girls (Saskia et al.p.17) 

• Negative attributes that people have before becoming excessive gamers are being predisposed to:

1. Boredom

2. Lonliness

3. Low self esteem

4. Hostility

5. Impulsivity

6. Lack of Self- Control and Motivation (Choo et al p1430)

• ​ Parental Presence:  Proven that family presence and positive family functioning is vital. When present it does not leave room for children or adolescents to develop addictive or negative habits.

• Also all the studies that claim video games to be the sole cause of negative behaviors are all correlational

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