You’re right to be worried about gaming taking over your life when going to university, reports Dr Victoria Dunkley for Psychology Today.
“New studies show that 85% of college men are game players, and one in eight develops addiction patterns. In a college of 20,000 students, about 8,500 will be male gamers; 1 in 8 would mean that over 1,000 students are at risk.”
“Research also demonstrates a correlation between gaming and lower GPA as well as drug and alcohol violations during the first year of college.”
Of course there are a number of other factors that contribute to the first year drop out rate – alcohol, drugs, and striking out on your own for the first time are daunting tasks, but that’s not actually the biggest problem when dealing with video game and internet addiction at colleges, says Dunkley.
Although it was one of the biggest reasons as to why men struggle and drop out their first year, the more worrying news is that college personnel simply did not know what to do about it.
Fortunately video game addiction seems to a problem society is beginning to take seriously, as MyGaming recently reported on the first rehab center to focus purely on internet and video game addiction.
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