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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question is a very broad one. As a college professor who has studied psychology at the doctoral level, a man, a video gamer, and someone who has had friends with multiple types of addiction problems, I feel at least somewhat qualified to comment on this.

As another PP said, a lot of addictions are related to the same underlying personal dispositions (whether these are hereditary, caused by some type of trauma trigger or underlying depression, or other unknown causes). So, a video game addict could have potentially just as easily become an alcoholic or drug addict. Or, they may be addicted to multiple vices.

However, just like with alcohol, there are plenty of video game players who play what many would consider excessively and are still able to complete their studies or other life obligations. Are they "problem gamers?" Maybe. I had a friend who went to a treatment center for video game addiction and at no point did anyone in his life besides me know that he had a problem. He excelled at work and quite literally won awards in his industry, all while being completely addicted to World of Warcraft and barely sleeping, night after night for almost a year.

Additionally, of course there will be players who play 10-12 of video games a day and still get better grades than your DS or DD who went to extra tutoring and did Level IV AAP and blah blah blah, because well, they're just smarted than your kids, more organized, or have some other favorable attributes.

In my estimation, the main reason kids "fail" any class is almost always one of two reasons: lack of intelligence, or laziness. If you're dumb or lazy, you may also play a lot of video games! That doesn't mean you failed out due to video game addiction.

So, to just make the simple statement "can you blame video game addiction for young men failing out of college," I think the answer is, "yes, this can be one of hundreds of reasons that people fail out of college."

REally surprised that someone with your supposed level of training uses the word dumb...for kids who probably have learning disabilities or low iQs!
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