Which Statement Is True About Video Game Addiction in Adolescents

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about video game addiction in adolescents?

• A) Video game addiction in adolescence will not have any long-term impact on brain development.
• B) Most teen video game addicts play video games at their friends' houses.
• C) Even though overuse of technology was not included as an addiction in the DSM-5, it is considered problematic for some adolescents.
• D) Part of increased independence in adolescence requires parents to allow teens to set their own limits about video game use.

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Definitions:

dfWG

Degrees of freedom within groups, a term used in statistical analysis, particularly ANOVA, to indicate the number of independent pieces of information available to estimate variances within the groups.

Degrees of Freedom

A concept in statistics that refers to the number of values in a calculation that are free to vary without violating the constraints of the calculation.

Levels Minus One

In analysis of variance (ANOVA), it refers to the number of levels in a factor minus one, which dictates the number of comparisons that can be made.

Interaction Effect

Occurs in an analysis when the effect of one independent variable on a dependent variable differs across levels of another independent variable.