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Coming soon after recent studies found evidence of Facebook addiction in college students, a doctoral study by a graduate student in the US has found that students are missing classes and losing sleep on an alarming scale, due to addiction to the distraction of online games.
Sabrina Neu examined the relationship between demographic factors, social anxiety, proneness to distraction, grade point average and Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game playing. She found that 42% of student respondents had reported that the distraction of online gaming was interfering with their studies.
Virtual gaming, where participants take on an identity, has exploded in the past 10 years, particularly among 18 to 30 year olds who play it as a distraction from the real world. Online game subscriber numbers are in the millions and profits for game developers are in the billions of dollars," Neu said.
Neu suggested that unlimited internet access, unstructured time led to students being prone to distraction. She said that players ended up neglecting friends and family for the sake of online games. Applications such as iFreeFace can also be used to limit time spent on games, whilst also combating the effects of Facebook addiction.
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