Association Among Television and Computer/Video Game Use, Victimization, and Suicide Risk Among U.S. High School Students

Science and technology development causes a lot of changes in any fields including the form of popular games among the Junior and Senior High School students in Indonesia.The traditional games that are famous formerly have been replaced by the modern games like online video game.This article discusses the cause and effect of the online video game playing on the Junior and Senior High Schools students in Malang.This study reveal that students play video games online due to peers pressure; and online video games are liked because they are considered more modern, practical, realistic and varied. Initially, students play online video games to relieve the fatigue due to studying at school, but subsequently, they are becoming addicted, and reach a condition that they find it difficult to stop playing games.This condition will directly affect their achievement in school.

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Suicide Risk in High School Students in Slovenia

Crisis ◽

10.1027//0227-5910.20.1.23 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 23-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Martina Tomori

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Suicidal Behavior ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

School Students ◽

And Behavior

The objective of this study was to determine the psychosocial factors which differentiate suicidal adolescents from their nonsuicidal peers. By means of a specially designed questionnaire, distributed to a representative sample of 4686 Slovene high school students of both sexes aged 14-19 years, we assessed their general characteristics, suicidal ideation and behavior, family circumstances, self-appraisal of the problems and ways of solving them, engagement in sport, and exposure to suicide in their close circle. Numerous important differences were established between suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. The data gathered will help further research into suicidal behavior in adolescents.

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Prevalence and Correlates of Missing Meals Among High School Students—United States, 2010

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/0890117116667348 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 89-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Zewditu Demissie ◽

Danice K. Eaton ◽

Richard Lowry ◽

Allison J. Nihiser ◽

Jennifer L. Foltz

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Video Game ◽

Fast Food ◽

Weight Status ◽

Sedentary Behaviors ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Increased Risk

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and correlates of missing meals among adolescents. Design: The 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study, a cross-sectional study. Setting: School based. Participants: A nationally representative sample of 11 429 high school students. Measures: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner consumption; demographics; measured and perceived weight status; physical activity and sedentary behaviors; and fruit, vegetable, milk, sugar-sweetened beverage, and fast-food intake. Analysis: Prevalence estimates for missing breakfast, lunch, or dinner on ≥1 day during the past 7 days were calculated. Associations between demographics and missing meals were tested. Associations of lifestyle and dietary behaviors with missing meals were examined using logistic regression controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade. Results: In 2010, 63.1% of students missed breakfast, 38.2% missed lunch, and 23.3% missed dinner; the prevalence was highest among female and non-Hispanic black students. Being overweight/obese, perceiving oneself to be overweight, and video game/computer use were associated with increased risk of missing meals. Physical activity behaviors were associated with reduced risk of missing meals. Students who missed breakfast were less likely to eat fruits and vegetables and more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food. Conclusion: Breakfast was the most frequently missed meal, and missing breakfast was associated with the greatest number of less healthy dietary practices. Intervention and education efforts might prioritize breakfast consumption.

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Extreme Weight-Control Behaviors and Suicide Risk Among High School Students

Journal of School Health ◽

10.1111/josh.12380 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 86 (4) ◽

pp. 281-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Emily R. Johnson ◽

Robert M. Weiler ◽

Tracey E. Barnett ◽

Lisa N. Pealer

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

Weight Control ◽

School Students ◽

Weight Control Behaviors

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Readers, Players, and Watchers: EFL Students’ Vocabulary Acquisition through Digital Video Games

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v10n2p1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Video Games ◽

Video Game ◽

Vocabulary Acquisition ◽

Digital Video ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

School Students ◽

Pencil And Paper ◽

Intensive Reading

The present study investigated vocabulary acquisition through a commercial digital video game compared to a traditional pencil-and-paper treatment. Chosen through cluster sampling, 241 male high school students (age 12–18) participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to one of the following groups. The first group, called Readers, involved those who learned vocabulary through intensive reading; the second group, Players, learned vocabulary through playing a digital video game; the third group, Watchers, were trained through watching two classmates play the digital video game. The vocabulary items were first pretested. Next, each group underwent training for five weeks (one session a week). Then, the vocabulary items were posttested. Also, field notes were made. To compare the three groups, a mixed between within subjects ANOVA was run. Results indicated that the Players and Watchers outperformed the Readers. It is concluded that digital video games can be beneficial complementary activities for vocabulary acquisition in high school classrooms.

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More Effort, Less Fatigue: The Role of Interest in Increasing Effort and Reducing Mental Fatigue

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.755858 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Marina Milyavskaya ◽

Brian M. Galla ◽

Michael Inzlicht ◽

Angela L. Duckworth

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Video Game ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Selection Task ◽

School Students ◽

Math Problem ◽

Demand Selection ◽

Math Problems

People generally prefer easier over more difficult mental tasks. Using two different adaptations of a demand selection task, we show that interest can influence this effect, such that participants choose options with a higher cognitive workload. Interest was also associated with lower feelings of fatigue. In two studies, participants (N = 63 and N = 158) repeatedly made a choice between completing a difficult or easy math problem. Results show that liking math predicts choosing more difficult (vs. easy) math problems (even after controlling for perceived math skill). Two additional studies used the Academic Diligence Task (Galla et al., 2014), where high school students (N = 447 and N = 884) could toggle between a math task and playing a video game/watching videos. In these studies, we again find that math interest relates to greater proportion of time spent on the math problems. Three of these four studies also examined perceived fatigue, finding that interest relates to lower fatigue. An internal meta-analysis of the four studies finds a small but robust effect of interest on both the willingness to exert greater effort and the experience of less fatigue (despite engaging in more effort).

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