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Prevalence of computer-gaming in the general population of adolescents: results from a Czech population-based survey.
- Source :
- Behaviour & Information Technology; Sep2021, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p1169-1176, 8p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- While video games can be helpful in personal development, participating in certain gaming activities may lead to negative effects such as video game addiction. The overuse of computer games, which can lead to reduced quality of life and affect a person's practical skills. Around 3% of adolescents suffer from Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), there is currently no universally accepted psychometric method. The AICA-S scale was applied to results from 3,901 respondents aged between 11 and 19. During the 2017/2018 school year, a battery of questionnaires in "pen and paper" form was administered to students at primary schools and secondary schools. The respondents were selected from all the regions of the Czech Republic through a random stratified selection to ensure that the respondents were an accurate representation of students across the Czech Republic. The results were obtained using statistical methods such as ANOVA, chi-square tests and t-tests. These results affirm the psychometric quality of AICA-S and note the prevalence of IGD among Czech adolescents. Based on our results, 0.8% of our respondents fulfilled the criteria for an IGD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
NOSOLOGY
RESEARCH evaluation
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
CONFIDENCE intervals
CZECHS
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
T-test (Statistics)
PSYCHOMETRICS
SURVEYS
CRONBACH'S alpha
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
COMPARATIVE studies
RESEARCH funding
PATHOLOGICAL psychology
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ANALYSIS of covariance
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
VIDEO games
INTERNET addiction
SCHOOL children
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICAL models
CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders
DATA analysis software
COMPULSIVE behavior
HIGH school students
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144929X
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152741291
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2021.1891461