Playing violent video games has risks: study

By Joene Hendry

"Among young college students, the frequency and type of video games played appears to parallel risky drug and alcohol use, poorer personal relationships, and low levels of self-esteem, researchers report..."

"...these findings simply indicate video gaming may cluster with a number of negative outcomes, 'at least for some segment of the population,' said Padilla-Walker, an associate professor at the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah."

"She and colleagues examined the previous 12-months' frequency and type of video game and Internet use reported by 500 female and 313 male undergraduate college students in the United States..."

Full article available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/07/AR200902...