The effects of video games on students mental health and school performance
Video games have become more popular for a variety of reasons such as allowing people to escape from the real world, the ability to compete either against a computer or another person, to be able to create their own stores and a multitude of other reasons (Morris, 2021). This blog will be discussing the effects of video games on adolescent students’ mental health and performance in school. The blog post will be discussing a series of 4 articles related to either performance or mental wellbeing of students who play video games. Through understanding the effects of video games on students, teachers will be able to assist them in getting help when they need it. Mental health in students can be an issue, 20% of adolescents reported high or very high levels of psychological distress, 14% of adolescents experienced a mental disorder and in 2019 there were 461 suicides by young people (AIHW, 2021). With these numbers, it is important for teachers to assist their students, and researc