{"id":22688,"date":"2021-06-02T08:34:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/we.care\/?p=22688"},"modified":"2021-06-02T08:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:34:29","slug":"video-gaming-can-benefit-mental-health-find-oxford-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/we.care\/en\/video-gaming-can-benefit-mental-health-find-oxford-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Video gaming can benefit mental health, find Oxford academics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People who doesn&#8217;t play videogames often criticize gaming for being an unproductive use of time or damaging people&#8217;s mental health, but what if gaming actually benefits your mental health?<\/p>\n<p>While many studies have covered the negative aspects of gaming, only a few has analyzed the beneficial aspects of it. There are many reasons why people play video games. Some do it to get a break from the real world, other people do it to connect with their friends and some do it to achieve glory at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Gaming as a leisure activity can be motivated by intinsic or extrinsic motivators. Playing video games can be good for your mental health, a study from Oxford University has suggested, following a breakthrough collaboration in which academics at a university worked with actual gameplay data for the first time.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:6659,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16370588},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">Gaming as a leisure activity can be motivated by intinsic or extrinsic motivators. Playing video games can be good for your mental health, a study from Oxford University has suggested, following a breakthrough collaboration in which academics at a university worked with actual gameplay data for the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2020\/nov\/16\/video-gaming-can-benefit-mental-health-find-oxford-academics\">You can read the article here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore you can also read <a href=\"https:\/\/we.care\/en\/?p=22686&amp;preview=true\">how gaming helped Wes with his mental health!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/we.care\/en\/csgo\/\">how to improve your mental health<\/a>\u00a0or sign up to one of our specialised programs dedicated to helping you improve your mental health!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who doesn&#8217;t play videogames often criticize gaming for being an unproductive use of time or damaging people&#8217;s mental health, but what if gaming actually benefits your mental health? 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