Study suggests ‘gaming disorder’ isn’t actually a thing

Study suggests ‘gaming disorder’ isn’t actually a thing

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https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2019/10/22/study-gaming-disorder-no-evidence/

A new study suggests that “gaming disorder” — recently added to the International Classification of Diseases — may not be a real thing. At the very least, the researchers think there’s “no evidence” to suggest that the games themselves are the problem.

The study comes from the Oxford Internet Institute, and was conducted last year on a group of 1,004 14- and 15-year-olds from around the UK. The kids and their caregivers answered questionnaires about their (the kids’) gaming habits and how the kids functioned in daily life.