Self-control can curb online gaming


Responsible measures such as voluntary self exclusion and limit-setting can lead to significant reductions in online gaming activity and expenditure, according to a joint study conducted by AIIMS-Delhi and IIT-Delhi. The study titled 'Effectiveness of Self-Exclusion and Limit-Setting on Online Gaming Behaviour', which was released on Tuesday evaluated the impact of these two mecha-nisms in shaping online gaming behaviours and promoting sustainable gaming habits. The study, which analysed data from 8,300 online gamers across platforms, revealed that these measures effectively reduce ex-cessive gaming activity and ex-penditure among users. Voluntary self-exclusion (VSE) is a programme that allows individ-uals to voluntarily exclude themselves from a platform, ei-ther permanently or for a short period.

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