Children and video games : association with aggression, addiction and school grades.

Video games pervade the lives of children. With the video games gaining their popularity amongst Singaporean children, it is crucial to assess their effects. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of video games on children in relation to physical and relational aggression, prosocial...

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Main Author: Teo, Linda Lay Ching.
Other Authors: Marko M Skoric
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41513
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Video games pervade the lives of children. With the video games gaining their popularity amongst Singaporean children, it is crucial to assess their effects. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of video games on children in relation to physical and relational aggression, prosocial behavior, addiction and school grades. Three hundred and thirty three children aged 8-12 years from two primary schools were selected by their teachers to participate in this study. A series of questionnaires using Danforth's Engagement-Addiction (II) scale, Huesmann and Guerra's Normative Beliefs about Aggression scale and Crick's Teacher-Reported Aggression andProsocial scale were provided to the children and their teachers.