TechRadar reported that researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah found out that gamers are more likely to drink, smoke weed and ignore friends as the amount of time playing video games went up:
Statistical analyses revealed that the more people play video games, the more frequent their involvement in 'risky' behaviors like drinking and drug abuse. Daily gamers reported smoking marijuana almost twice as often as occasional players, and three times as often as those who never play.
The study found that nearly three quarters of male students in the study played video games regularly, compared to just 17 percent of their female counterparts. For young women, self-worth was low if their video game time was high.
One ray of sunshine - the study found that the connection between gaming and anti-social behaviour was only 'modest', and the researchers themselves hoped that future studies would exonerate family-oriented consoles like the Wii and multiple player games.
The researchers concluded that "the most striking part is that everything we found clustered around video game use is negative."
Is gaming the source of all evil? What do you think?
Captain Obvious awaits your responses!
