scholarly journals Exploratory Study on Video Game Addiction of College Students in a Pandemic Scenario

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
José Gómez Galán ◽  
Cristina Lázaro-Pérez ◽  
José Ángel Martínez-López
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
University Students ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Predictive Variables ◽  
Game Addiction

The use of video games has increased significantly in the last decade. The young population has always been more inclined to use them. However, the risks of addiction to them are growing with the access to the Internet and new digital devices, the lower cost of them, and the lack of parental control. On the other hand, a weird circumstance as the COVID-19 pandemic involves weeks-long confinements, which may significantly influence increased consumption. This study aims to know university students' situation in Spain regarding the problem described in this pandemic scenario. It analyzes the use of video games and whether addiction risks appearance, examining which factors are determinants of this behavior. The method is based on various statistical techniques: descriptive analysis, the association between variables, and logistic regression to check the phenomenon studied, which are predictive variables. As a result, high video game consumption during confinement was got, finding addiction patterns in 16.6%. The excessive use of social networks and being male show significant relevance. These results also show the existence of comorbidity, meaning that university students may suffer from psychological and psychiatric disorders linked to other consumptions. Health and academic authorities should consider this individual, social, and health problem and implement prevention, detection, and treatment programs. INTRODUCTION

Genre Differences in Soft Skills Perception and Video Game Usage in the University of Extremadura

2022 ◽  
pp. 28-49
Author(s):  
Sergio Alloza Castillo ◽  
Flavio Escribano ◽  
Óscar Rodrigo González López ◽  
María Buenadicha Mateos
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Video Games ◽  
University Students ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Professional Fields ◽  
The University

The preconceived notion concerning negative effects of video games and students' academic performance is a widely known subject. However, some investigations explore the positive impact of video games on academic performance. With a sample of 247 university students, this chapter studies the perception of both gamers and non-gamers about soft skills and their current relevance in academic and professional fields. The possible relationships linking the intensity of the usage of video games, academic performance, and the perception concerning soft skills are investigated. The results expose a generalized positive perception respecting the relation between video games and the development of soft skills, specifically to the video game genre and its relevance and influence on academic performance, as well as gender differences, where women prevail in emotional and social managements, although this influence is not elevated.

scholarly journals Some Sociological, Medical and Legislative Views on Video Game Addiction (A Slovenian Case Study)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Jana Goriup ◽  
Alexander Arnuš
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Video Game Addiction ◽  
Game Addiction ◽  
Human Need ◽  
Transformation Of Consciousness ◽  
Number Of Individuals

AbstractMillions of people worldwide play video games; also in Slovenian post-modern society. Most of them do it for enjoyment, yet a small number of individuals show traits associated with addictive behaviour when interacting with their games. The authors in the article point out that, compared to drug abuse, there exist some more approachable life-related activities that can lead to addiction. They stimulate the excretion of endorphins and lead to the transformation of consciousness. Addiction to video games is an ostensible attempt to satisfy the immanent human need for meaning. The economy of the Slovenian young consumer society inspires it and is based on “learning” of these alienated needs. The modern hyperpragmatic society makes it possible for young people to have a fragmented identity and places them under the pressure of constant choice of (formally open opportunities). The purpose of this paper is to familiarize the reader with possible causes, clinical signs and methods of treatment of this disorder in Slovenian postmodern society, and explain the reasons why currently no medical textbook in the world contains any information regarding video game addiction. We intend, further, to demonstrate that gaming has become a type of “sport” in certain countries and demonstrate how potentially devastating even this type of addiction can be. The authors present the results of a research, which was undertaken on a sample of 350 individuals, to determine the appearance of indicators of behavioural addiction to video games and their connection with some family factors. They determine that through addiction to video games, post-modern societies have developed an addictive identity.

scholarly journals Case Report: "ADHD Trainer": the mobile application that enhances cognitive skills in ADHD patients

F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Ruiz-Manrique ◽  
Kazuhiro Tajima-Pozo ◽  
Francisco Montañes-Rada
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Training Method ◽  
Video Game Addiction ◽  
Visuomotor Coordination ◽  
Game Addiction

We report the case of a 10 year old patient diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid video game addiction, who was treated with medication combined with a novel cognitive training method based on video games called TCT method. A great risk of developing video game or internet addiction has been reported in children, especially in children with ADHD. Despite this risk, we hypothesize that the good use of these new technologies might be useful to develop new methods of cognitive training. The cognitive areas in which a greater improvement was observed through the use of video games were visuospatial working memory and fine motor skills. TCT method is a cognitive training method that enhances cognitive skills such as attention, working memory, processing speed, calculation ability, reasoning, and visuomotor coordination. The purpose of reviewing this case is to highlight that regular cognitive computerized training in ADHD patients may improve some of their cognitive symptoms and might be helpful for treating video game addiction.

Video game addiction: The push to pathologize video games.

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 378-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Bean ◽  
Rune K. L. Nielsen ◽  
Antonius J. van Rooij ◽  
Christopher J. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Video Game Addiction ◽  
Game Addiction

Video game dynamic in unplugged mode for innovative and inclusive teaching

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina De Castro ◽  
Martina Marsano ◽  
Umberto Zona ◽  
Fabio Bocci
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Educational Objective ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Game Dynamic ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
The University

The authors of this essay analyze the educational opportunities offered by video games by experimenting with an unplugged design, carried out within the framework of a Laboratory of Educational Technologies at the Degree Course in Primary Education Sciences at. The aim was to enable students, future teachers, to build, in teams, a video game environment that could be reproduced even in the absence of the digital devices on which it is usually implemented and through which it can be reproduced. This last circumstance can occur in many school complexes, unfortunately still lacking adequate structures and instruments. The educational and pedagogical mission of the Laboratory was also to allow future teachers to experiment in a protected environment, the university one, the video game principles applicable even in disadvantaged class contexts. The educational objective was to ensure that the students involved in the design of the game master the philosophy of gamification, so that they could take advantage of it wisely and consciously in their future classes.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Usefulness of a Serious Game to Raise Awareness about Mental Health Problems in a Sample of High School and University Students: Relationship with Familiarity and Time Spent Playing Video Games

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cangas ◽  
Navarro ◽  
Aguilar-Parra ◽  
Trigueros ◽  
Gallego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Video Games ◽  
University Students ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Control Group

Background: One of the main challenges in the field of mental health today is the stigma towards individuals who have psychological disorders. Aims: This study aims to analyse the usefulness of applying a serious game developed for the purpose of raising awareness among students about mental health problems and analyse whether its usefulness can be influenced by the type of video games or the time that students usually devote to playing with this type of entertainment. Method: The serious game introduces four characters who display the symptoms of different psychological disorders. A total of 530 students participated in the study, 412 of whom comprised the experimental group and 118 the control group, 291 came from secondary school classes and 239 were university students. Results: The findings show that this serious game significantly reduced total stigma among students. Variables like time habitually spent playing video games or video game preference had no bearing on the results. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the serious game is an appropriated tool to reduce stigma, both in high school and university students, independently of the type of video games that young people usually play, or time spent playing video games.

scholarly journals Trastorno de juego por Internet y función parental en estudiantes universitarios

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Sebastián Guillermo Risco Martínez ◽  
Mónica De Los Milagros Cassaretto Bardales
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Game Addiction ◽  
The Family ◽  
Process Scale ◽  
Perception Of Support ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: behavioral addictions, and particularly video game addiction, are showing a notable rise in recent years, which is why the latter is already considered a disorder by the WHO. This disorder has been researched in relation to various variables highlighting the importance of the family context; which is why it´s recommended to delve deeper regarding specific aspects about the role that the relationship between parent and child can have in the development of said addictions. Objective: Analyze the relation between the risk of developing Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the perception a group of university students have of their parents´ parenting process (maternal and paternal). Method: 94 university students belonging to science faculties from Lima, Perú participated. The Internet Gaming Disorder Test - IGD-20 (Pontes et al., 2014) and the Adolescent Family Process scale - AFP (Vazsonyi et al., 2003) were used. Results: significant associations between both constructs were found in relation to the mother’s parenting, but not with the father´s parenting. It shows a positive correlation between IGD and the perception of support from the mother (r=.24, p

scholarly journals Case Report: "ADHD Trainer": the mobile application that enhances cognitive skills in ADHD patients

F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Ruiz-Manrique ◽  
Kazuhiro Tajima-Pozo ◽  
Francisco Montañes-Rada
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Training Method ◽  
Video Game Addiction ◽  
Visuomotor Coordination ◽  
Game Addiction

We report the case of a 10 year old patient diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid video game addiction, who was treated with medication combined with a novel cognitive training method based on video games called TCT method. A great risk of developing video game or internet addiction has been reported in children, especially in children with ADHD. Despite this risk, we hypothesize that the good use of these new technologies might be useful to develop new methods of cognitive training. The cognitive areas in which a greater improvement was observed through the use of video games were visuospatial working memory and fine motor skills. TCT method is a cognitive training method that enhances cognitive skills such as attention, working memory, processing speed, calculation ability, reasoning, and visuomotor coordination. The purpose of reviewing this case is to highlight that regular cognitive computerized training in ADHD patients may improve some of their cognitive symptoms and might be helpful for treating video game addiction.

scholarly journals Do Future Teachers Believe that Video Games Help Learning?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Cabellos ◽  
Daniel L. Sánchez ◽  
Juan-Ignacio Pozo
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
University Students ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Pedagogical Training ◽  
Wide Acceptance ◽  
Games For Learning ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Positive Pattern

AbstractOne of the factors associated with the educational use of video games is the conception that teachers and students have about their educative usefulness. However, there are no studies that identify what aspects are considered more effective to learn with video games and what kind of learning is more accessible using them. This study aims at identifying pre-service teachers’ conceptions regarding video game use for learning and specifically to know what aspects and learning they consider are more feasible. Likewise, we analyzed the pedagogical training effect of these conceptions for three groups of university students: primary pre-service teachers (who received general pedagogical training), secondary pre-service teachers (who received pedagogical training in only one area of knowledge) and other university students without pedagogical training. We applied a questionnaire to a sample of 422 university students. This questionnaire had two dimensions that differentiated between the pragmatic and epistemic uses of video games for learning and three dimensions about the different verbal, procedural and attitudinal learning which can be achieved with them. The results showed wide acceptance of video games as a learning resource in university students, but in particular secondary pre-service teachers pointed out higher possibilities of achieving learning with video games than primary pre-service teachers. On the other hand, university students pointed out more learning when video games were used in an epistemic way. In addition, they considered video games favor more verbal and procedural learnings than attitudinal ones. In conclusion, despite the positive conceptions of the students about learning with video games, we observed a less positive pattern in pre-service teachers with general pedagogical training. These results suggest that video game incorporation in schools is not being carried out fruitfully by education faculties. Therefore, we advocated for 21st-century training that optimized new conceptions and uses of video games.

scholarly journals Are Some Subtypes of Video Gamer More at Risk for Gambling Issues? A Latent Class Analysis of a Canadian Sample of University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffery Biegun ◽  
Jason D Edgerton ◽  
Matthew T Keough
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
University Students ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Health Differences ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Premier Cycle ◽  
Problem Video Gaming

Recently there has been growing interest in identifying links between video game playing and problem gambling. As video games continue to take on more gambling-like elements such as loot boxes, there is rising concern that they represent a potential pathway towards problem gambling. In this study, we explored video gamer profiles in a sample of Canadian undergraduate university students (n = 687) to examine whether subgroups of gamers had different risk profiles for problem video gaming and/or problem gambling. Three predominant subgroups emerged: universal, free-to-play, and general gamer classes. Whereas the free-to-play class was associated with higher average amounts of time spent playing video games, the universal class was associated with higher average scores on measures of problem video gaming, problem gambling, and impulsivity. Although motivational differences were evident, there were no significant mental health differences among subgroups in this sample.RésuméOn s’intéresse de plus en plus depuis peu de temps à l’établissement de liens entre la pratique des jeux vidéo et le jeu compulsif. À mesure que les jeux vidéo comportent davantage d’éléments de jeux de hasard comme des coffres à butin, on s’inquiète davantage du fait qu’ils puissent mener au jeu compulsif. Cette étude a examiné le profil de joueurs de jeux vidéo parmi un échantillon d’étudiants canadiens de premier cycle (n = 687) afin de déterminer si les sous-groupes de joueurs présentaient un profil de risque différent pour le jeu vidéo compulsif et/ou le jeu compulsif. Trois sous-groupes prédominants sont ressortis : universel, gratuit et général. Le groupe des jeux gratuits était associé à une plus grande quantité de temps consacrée à jouer à des jeux vidéo, le groupe universel était associé pour sa part à un pointage moyen plus élevé au titre des paramètres de mesure du jeu vidéo compulsif, du jeu compulsif et de l’impulsivité. Les différences de motivation étaient évidentes, mais les sous-groupes de cet échantillon ne présentaient aucune différence importante sur le plan de la santé mentale.

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