Balandar Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 "Jeffrey Parsons - a doctoral candidate from University of Iowa has resently conducted a research on MMORPG addiction. It took a while to get the results - but they are now available. The study found that about 15% of gamers meet the criteria for Internet addiction as provided by Kimberly Young, a leading researcher in Internet addiction. Using more strict criteria, a minimum of at least 10% of gamers met criteria for Internet addiction. Compared to national studies of Internet addiction, this numbers are somewhat elevated. However, given the sheer number of hours MMORPG gamers spend online (in comparison to the general population), even a 15% addiction rate is somewhat low. To illustrate the point, the college student spends 10 hours on the Internet per week. The average MMORPG gamer (addicted or not) spends 20-25 hours per week just playing MMORPGs, and an additional 10-15 hours per week in other Internet use. In other words, MMORPG players are spending 4x as much time online as non-gamers." http://www.counselor-education.org/mmorpg/mmorpg.php http://www.counselor-education.org/mmorpg/results.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volonazra Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 (edited) Ut oh....oh noes, thats me! what will the "experts" think up next to get grant money? Edited March 11, 2005 by Volonazra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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