With excessive computer game fall grades

With excessive computer game fall grades

HANNOVER (ras). Computer game addicts boys have significantly lower school grades in German, sports, history and mathematics. In addition, this group of school boys playing hooky not dependent on average 19 hours per semester, however only ten hours.

This data has determined, under the direction of Professor Christian Pfeiffer, the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN). This on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior 15 000 pupils were the 9th Class questioned.

Cause for concern, it keeps Sabine Bätzing Drug Commissioner of the Federal Government that 16 percent of 15-year-old boy sitting day already more than 4.5 hours before the computer.

Excessively playing computer adolescents were at risk of school, work and relationships to neglect and lag behind in their mental and social development. Therefore, as Bätzing we need to support parents and teachers to recognize a media addiction in the early stages and effectively prevent.

However, the boundaries between the normal use of new media and an addictive behavior with loss of control are fluid. Therefore, it is necessary that young people, parents, teachers and friends, receive educational media outreach. In addition, the Addiction Research should be expanded in this area.

KFN is a partial result of the study concluded that one in five players of World of Warcraft is dependent or dependency at risk.