The Play's the Thing: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective on Video Games

Gelfond, Holly S.; Salonius-Pasternak, Dorothy E.

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2005.02.010

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“…There is also evidence from work with children with ASD that videogames and virtual reality environments can provide comfortable environments for role playing behaviors that are challenging in actual social contexts (Gelfond & Salonius-Pasternak, 2005;Griffiths, 2003;Moore et al, 2005;Parsons & Mitchell, 2002;Swettenham, 1996;Whalen, Liend, Ingersool, Dallaire, & Liden, 2006;Wilkinson, Ang, & Goh, 2008).…”

Section: For Good or Bad?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Videogames and Young People with Developmental Disorders

Durkin

2010

Review of General Psychology

128

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Young people with developmental disorders experience difficulties with many cognitive and perceptual tasks, and often suffer social impairments. Yet, like typical youth, many appear to enjoy playing videogames. This review considers the appeal of videogames to individuals with autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and specific language impairment. It examines how they respond to the various challenges that play entails with particular reference to sensory, cognitive, and social dimensions. It is argued that research into how these young people engage voluntarily with this dynamic and challenging medium offers great potential to extend our empirical and theoretical understanding of the disorders. Many gaps in our current knowledge are identified and several additional themes for possible future research are proposed.

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Section: For Good or Bad?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Videogames and Young People with Developmental Disorders

Durkin

2010

Review of General Psychology

128

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“…Although most research on video games has emphasized harm, some surveys of adolescents have found links between interactive game play and social and emotional well-being (Colwell & Kato, 2003;Durkin & Barber, 2002). Researchers have theorized that video games-perhaps including those with violent content-may have benefits for adolescents (Gelfond & Salonius-Pasternak, 2005;Goldstein, 2000;Griffiths, 2003;Kirsh, 2003;McNamee, 2000;Sherry, 2001). As adolescents explore different roles and social situations, including the inevitable conflicts with peers and parents, they create, break, and negotiate rules.…”

Section: Electronic Game Play and Healthy Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is possible that adolescent boys achieve some of these goals through their video game play. Rather than encouraging aggressive or violent behavior, video game play may help adolescent boys consider issues of war, violence, and death (Gelfond & Salonius-Pasternak, 2005). As with physical activity play, some adolescents may engage with video games in a dysfunctional manner.…”

Section: Electronic Game Play and Healthy Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Violent Video Game Content in Adolescent Development

Olson

Kutner

Warner

2008

Journal of Adolescent Research

120

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Numerous policies have been proposed at the local, state, and national level to restrict youth access to violent video and computer games. Although studies are cited to support policies, there is no published research on how children perceive the uses and influence of violent interactive games. The authors conduct focus groups with 42 boys ages 12 to 14. Boys use games to experience fantasies of power and fame, to explore and master what they perceive as exciting and realistic environments (but distinct from real life), to work through angry feelings or relieve stress, and as social tools. Boys did not believe they had been harmed by violent games but were concerned that younger children might imitate game behavior (especially swearing).

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“…Clinicians can use this information to screen these students for extreme use of video games or Internet and monitor for higher internalizing symptoms, which may go undetected by parents. Considering the opposite causal pathway, it may be that Asian-Americans with high internalizing symptoms are likely to use media as an outlet or a more comfortable area for interacting with peers, suggesting that clinicians may be successful in using treatments that capitalize upon their affinity towards these media (Ceranoglu, 2010; Gelfond & Salonius-Pasternak, 2005). …”

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confidence: 99%

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Video Game and Internet use among us Adolescents with Mental Health and Educational Difficulties

Carson¹,

Cook²,

Chen³

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Journal of Children and Media

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Video game and Internet use can be associated with poor mental health and educational outcomes among adolescents. Racial/ethnic minority youth use these media more than White youth. Video game and Internet use among adolescents with mental health and educational difficulties may therefore differ by race/ethnicity in clinically meaningful ways. We analyzed a representative sample of 8th grade students in the United States from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey-Kindergarten (N=6,700). Stratifying by gender, we assessed racial/ethnic differences in the associations between video game and Internet use, mental health, and reading and math achievement. Significant minority-White differences were identified in associations between media use and mental health and educational achievement. Video game use was relatively high among black females with prior mental health diagnoses and Asian-American males with high internalizing symptoms. Understanding video game and Internet use among racial/ethnic minority youth with mental health and educational difficulties may improve clinical practice.

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The Play's the Thing: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective on Video Games

Cited by 10 publications

References 50 publications

Videogames and Young People with Developmental Disorders

Videogames and Young People with Developmental Disorders

The Role of Violent Video Game Content in Adolescent Development

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Video Game and Internet use among us Adolescents with Mental Health and Educational Difficulties

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