Different people, different Different people, different needs – who and why plays needs – who and why plays
the gamesthe games
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Time management among Time management among gamers – how much time gamers – how much time
people spend on gaming and people spend on gaming and what they sacrificewhat they sacrifice to spend to spend
even moreeven more
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A hobby or a must?A hobby or a must?
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Is it possible to be gameIs it possible to be gameaddicted?addicted?
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Drug addictionDrug addiction Games addictionGames addiction
Drug use or Drug use or experimentationexperimentation
First console, a person plays it only First console, a person plays it only occasionally; first skills in gaming, occasionally; first skills in gaming,
Misuse of drugs Misuse of drugs From time to time a person fails to go to From time to time a person fails to go to work/school due to playing in the nightwork/school due to playing in the night
Abuse of drugsAbuse of drugs A person often fails to go to work/school; A person often fails to go to work/school; doesn’t attend social events and focuses on doesn’t attend social events and focuses on playing gamesplaying games
Drug addiction Drug addiction and dependencyand dependency
Games dominate person’s life and activity;Games dominate person’s life and activity;Family, work and other areas neglectedFamily, work and other areas neglected
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The first stage on the potential road to drug addiction, the use of drugs without experiencing any negative consequences is what rehabilitation counselors refer to as experimentation or simple drug ingestion. Enjoying a drink, smoking a marijuana joint or taking any other drug with friends or colleagues without any serious social or legal consequences is regarded as drug use or experimentation. While such behavior is not to be encouraged, it is a fact of life for many teens and adults.
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The misuse of drugs occurs when the individual experiences some form of negative consequences as a direct result of having ingested any one particular drug. For example, someone who becomes inebriated at a party or get-together and is stopped for drunk driving on his or her way back home has misused alcohol even if that person does not normally drink to excess and is not an alcoholic. Examples including the one just mentioned occur in a fairly large percentage of the North American public at some point in a person’s life, and while not everyone who has misused drugs becomes an addict, the regular misuse of any drug is a telltale sign of an addict in waiting.
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When an individual frequently misuses drugs in spite of any negative social or legal consequences that may result from such misuse, said individual has progressed from an occasional misuse of drugs to the more serious stage of the abuse of drugs. In effect, the negative consequences arising from the misuse of drugs has done nothing to curb the individual’s appetite for drug ingestion to the point of inebriation even in the face of serious penalties and possible broken relationships. Often begun as a temporary form of emotional escapism, drug abuse leads to much more serious problems in the long run.
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Once an individual has begun to abuse drugs, it is likely that the continuation of such behavior will lead to a drug addiction or dependency problem. Drug addiction or dependency is defined as a compulsion to take drugs despite any and all negative consequences to the individual’s relationship with his or her family, friends and work colleagues; physical and mental health; personal finances; job security; and at one extreme, a criminal record. While the reasons an individual progresses from the simple or occasional use of drugs to a possibly fatal dependency on drugs are not all clear, once this stage has been reached most addicts cannot function without consuming drugs. Addictions can be physical, psychological, emotional or any combination of the three, but at this stage professional help must be sought.
Violence and aggressionViolence and aggression
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Parental supervision, data Parental supervision, data protection and privacy in gamingprotection and privacy in gaming
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Alternative ways of spending Alternative ways of spending time after schooltime after school
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