Game Addiction Risk Increases in Children

While mobile games are starting to take more place in our lives day by day, the danger of game addiction is increasing in children and young people.

Among the effects of game addiction, besides the negativities such as loss of interest, lack of attention and focusing problems, inability to leave the game; It can be observed in many physical and social negative effects. Responsibility for gaming addiction, which can cause physical problems such as eating and sleeping disorders, visual disorders, and social problems such as neglect of individuals' work and family, generally falls on individuals, families and social aid organizations. However, the fact that game companies take responsibility in this regard and give less place to the factors that may put the mental and physical health of individuals at risk in games plays a key role in solving the problem.

Speaking on the subject, Mayadem CEO Uğur Tılıkoğlu said, “Digital games are now an integral part of our lives and their importance is increasing day by day. While content that contributes to personal development in many areas such as learning and imagination has positive effects on people's quality of life, the destruction caused by games focused on gaining profit by increasing the time spent in the game can sometimes have very devastating results. We find it wrong to leave the responsibility only to individuals and social organizations in solving these problems. We, as Mayadem, avoid scenarios that aim to prolong the playing time in the structure of our games, and try to produce safe content that tries to protect our children from game addiction, while constructing our processes to keep children away from violence and bad habits that may have negative effects under the supervision of our expert psychologists.” he said.