The ESA Slams Youths Addiction Survey
by Rainier on April 27, 2009 @ 6:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under News
Last week a study by Iowa State University researcher Douglas Gentile claimed that 8.5% of American youths between ages 8 to 18 who play video games show multiple signs of behavioral addiction. According to the ESA, those numbers are inaccurate because the survey group/method used was not legit and not representative of the overall population. ABC News Gary Langer received a response from Prof. Gentile saying he was unaware of the data gathering methods, and acknowledged the error.
