Playing Video Games Doesn't Affect Social Development In Boys

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With increasing popularity, debate over the effects of gaming on children and young adults are on the rise. Some studies do suggest that they are harmless, but a recent study suggests that gaming may effect the development of social skills in young girls. 

 

The Society for Research in Child Development has published the results of a study focused on the effects of gaming on children’s development. The most interesting find involves the differences between the social development in boys as compared to girls. 

 

According to the study, boys’ social development was not impacted gaming, but girls who spent more time gaming earlier in their adolescence displayed weaker social skills and development. 

 

Children with higher body mass index (BMI) experience problems developing social skills and therefore are more likely to be attracted towards video games as a way to fill their need to belong.

 

Those who played games with their friends had more opportunities to practice social skills than youth who played alone or online with strangers.

 

The study involved 873 kids in Norway and was conducted for 6 years with assessments every 2 years. 

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Interstellar

and somehow there be a study that says the opposite



Enjoys a Good Drink

depends on the person. some people only play solo games and never play with people. some people are fine with being alone


Some games help with Eye-Hand coordination and memory skills. They should just be regulated by their parents.



lol i do agree only because my friends little bro who just plays games all day is totally a shut in but then again i say its more his parents fault for not making him get off his ass and do things but the dad's the same way its called order & if not then punishment and its a must for any growing thing

pretty much my point, theres to many variables to have a proper statistic on this kinda thing especially since there was only less then 1k kids studied and they were from norway not saying anything bad about that place but as i seen different countrys do things there way not the world way which dose not exist


Coffee Lover

as someone who has quite a few female gamer friends who only play single player/occasional co-op and have met 50-100 in mmo's that females having weaker social skills is crap,most of them have better/more grown up social skills then 95% of the guys i know.

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Planetary

Isn't it strange how "the experts" in society obsess over children developing sedentry lifestyles (and poor social skills) from playing video games, but nobody questions forcing children to sit at a school desk (with no talking in class allowed) for 8 hours a day...

Hypocrisy!

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