European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 4. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 researchers say video games won t Hurt kids by Glenn Collins new York times m Orf than a Low anxious parents Uncertain Nhou Lihe effects of video Gameson Loir children sighed wit Heel when the video game c a Lew years ago subsided now researchers Oiler additional reasons for reassurance a new study of 447 Junior High school students suggests that playing video games is not damaging to adolescents in lad among frequent players of the games in arcades video game use seemed to serve a socially acceptable outlet Lor to Grevson. Reducing the players s1 Ess video game Pla tag did not have pathological Ell Els even Lor heavy said or Lissa Hemslein an instructor in child psychiatry at the mount Sinai medical Center in Manhattan she is a co author of the study. Recently published in the journal of the amen can Academy of child psychiatry. Video games Semoc a to provide a Safe outlet for competitive aggressive Energy said or. Gerald i. Kesle Naburn. The other author. A psychologist who now practices in Manhattan kelp Naburn was a clinical instructor in the department of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine during the research. The research suggests that Henvy users of video game Are not More neurotic than other children nor Are they More Likely to be socially withdrawn introverted or More prone to use fantasy As an escape from their problems those who play the games frequently Are not More a Trover led or aggressive than their Peers either. Those who play video games to que Nelly Are for the most part healthy adolescents Kestenbaum and Weislein whole. For these players video games have a calming rather than an Excita tory effect in terms of aggressive and other energies Weinstin added. Heavy video game playing seemed to fulfil the , of children who. Lor whatever reason did t eel licensed to to competitive in their real world " the subjects in the study were 447 students 208 boys and ? a girls Between the Ages of 11 and 14 it a Unior High school in a Middle class a oct inn of the Iron the school and the Mii of its were promised anonymity of those studied. 76 boy. And 40qirlr. Were classified As High video meaning that they reporter spending at least live hours or $5 a week on play video games the students took 40 minutes of tests in child Arcade regular Fries his skill at a video game. Guidance during the regular school Day the testing not Only elicited the pattern of their video game playing but also provided demographic Stenti Sfier and information about their family history Tho students were Given personality Tor is assessing their social introversion or p extroversion their inclination toward a Capi a through fantasy and their tendencies toward psychopathology and fun Uroic behaviour the number of girls who often used video games was too Small and the data too inconclusive to warrant conclusions about the girls. Out among the the boys patterns emerged. The 76 frequent Vid n users wore Likel in Piny Wenri they were wound up or the study Aid the High video users sum to find the Gan ifs ten san reducing. They tend to play More competitively and they play to to researchers concluded a a group the High use players to have Moro difficulty delaying g Rilje Mcahon and Olor Ling frustration for the Vic j Jarno playing functioned Art for Lack of achieving a i Ury in other went spin said other kids arc More ahle to b successful and competitive in Shpir real lives she added the Rosear criers found that students in enriched classes in the school spent Signild crinkly less time at Vidrin Jamrs perhaps these children arc feeling loss frustrated and have room. Experience with Mastery in other Kisto Naburn said on the positive bide the games a nabbed players to improve a skill and gave them a feeling of Mastery. Parents looking at a kid playing space invaders might think this is a very regressive kind of behaviour " said Kestenbaum but the kid could be thinking this is something i enjoy trying to master something 1 want to get better at " Weinstein added every generation of parents seems to find one thing that kids Are doing that is identified As harmful or dangerous. But video game playing in t harmful. In fact it appears to be very Erma Bombeck o n a trip out of town recently. Mother and i wive sharing the same hotel room As i walked across the floor dressed in a Towel my Mother smiled and said you re Richer than i am. Bet Ter known than i am and have a Bellet Job than i have but you sure have More i was shocked. La s not the uncharitable comment you d expect irom your Mother. A Mother is someone who always thinks you re right. She thinks you re Beautiful when you re bloated and pregnant. She thinks you re Clever when you blow up a balloon. And i always see them in mov ies pleading with the governor to give their sons another Chance. They re always so. Loyal. You Don t have to look so pleased about it i a d i caught it from since when is cellulite communicable you grew your own you know what they say. Mother the Apple never Falls far Iron or you must hit your head on a Rock on the Way Down you re built like your lather it s not the lust Lime the genetic scoreboard has come up. Who was responsible for the hair that would t curl who look the blame Lor the sloppiness and who took the Lall for stubbornness and polling r you d think parents would gel together before they had a baby and figure out with some degree of accuracy what they could excuse the expression conceivably Duce and consider All the options. Could they have a daughter with daddy s nose and feet on mama s 5-loot-2 Frame could dad leave his business to a son who inherited his Mother s two Strong Points Good ski and shopping i always used to listen to my parents assign my trails to one another like a card game. I finally figured out it All came Down to semantics. If i lost my temper my Mother blamed it on my father s Side. If i lost the it same Tenisi r and my Mother agreed with it. She called it a spark and a spirit and put it in her family s column stubbornness was his deep reflection was hers. Mou thy was his outspoken was hers. My dad did the same thing Moody was her Side of the family the same moodiness when he liked the quiet a is though Tull. Selfish her Side standing up for my own rights was his. Some things did t even make any sense. She has my Mother s Long How Many Calls do you get for that she has Rny Mother s Dep set eyes " do they fall out or what throughout the years i be Learned i Don t have a single piece of equipment Trail or emotion that is not a legacy from one of my parents or my grandparents Well maybe one. I have vowed never to Wear a Towel in front of my Mother again. I have a Low threshold of pain. It s not a genetic trait. I figured it out by myself. To riot Ici Tuth s Avni Indio
