SWK509: In Recent Years, An Increasing Number of Youths in Singapore have been Observed: Social Research and Programme Evaluation Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Context

In recent years, an increasing number of youths in Singapore have been observed to develop signs of addiction to internet gaming. As a practitioner in a Social Service Agency that focuses on supporting children and youth in distress, you have been tasked by your Executive Director to propose an intervention that would help clients who are addicted to internet gaming. You decided to conduct a literature search and found the published journal articles* below:

Article #1 Internet Gaming Disorder Treatment: A Case Study Evaluation of Four Different Types of Adolescent Problematic Gamers

Article #2 Treatment with the Self-Discovery Camp (SDiC) improves Internet gaming disorder

Question 1

• Read Article #1. To what extent would you believe the findings in this study? Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this study.
• How would you improve the quality of this study? State your assumptions, if any.

Question 2

• Read Article #2. Are you more likely to believe the findings in this study or those reported in Article #1? Compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two studies.

Question 3

• Besides the interventions studied in Articles #1 and #2, there may be other interventions to help individuals who are addicted to internet gaming. What are some other interventions that you would propose?
• Discuss and use other credible sources/databases to search for additional evidence to justify your proposal. (You should consider the relative strengths and/or weaknesses of additional evidence and the given Articles.)