It has to be something that's actually damaging your life, what we started finding in the early research is it did look like some kids were doing worse in school, harming their friendships, harming their family relationships. They couldn't stop thinking about gaming, it was the only thing they wanted to do.

Douglas Gentile

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It is notable that screen time reduced both children's sleep even at this early age and reduced parents' reading to children, which we know is a strong predictor of positive child outcomes, such as higher IQ.

Douglas Gentile

Even though different researchers across the world may define the problem somewhat differently, or ask different questions in different countries with differently aged kids, we find almost the same results across the world the estimates perhaps vary somewhat, but they all seem to come out somewhere between about 4 and 10 percent : that's the amount of gamers I would classify as addicted.

Douglas Gentile

A risk factor for addiction is access, it's really hard to get addicted to drugs if you can't get them.

Douglas Gentile

The first study I began in 1999, to basically try to show video game addiction isn't a real thing, and it turns out I was wrong !

Douglas Gentile

The A Is Autonomy, we like to feel we're in control. B is Belonging, we like to feel connected to other people. And the C is Competence, we like to feel that we're good at what we do.

Douglas Gentile