Effect of Mobile Gaming / Computer Gaming On the Physical, Academic & Psychological Performance of School Going Adoloscents:

Tanmay Verma; Sunil Malani; Unique Sagar; Swati Prashant

doi:10.21276/ajcpn.2019.7.3.4

Tanmay Verma PG Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Indore
Sunil Malani PG Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Indore
Unique Sagar PG Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Indore
Swati Prashant Prof & Head, Dept. of Pediatrics, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Indore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21276/ajcpn.2019.7.3.4

Keywords: Mobile Gaming, Computer

Abstract

Background: The present research study was design to investigate the factors affecting academic performance as well as physical performance of school going children of schools of Indore district. The variable under consideration were academic performance and physical performance as a dependent variable and gender,age, residential area(rural/urban),accommodation, study hours, sleep hours ,time spend on mobile and electronic gaming were independent variables. Subjects and Methods: The data was collected from 670 students of age group 11-15years of different school of Indore using simple random sampling technique.378 student were found to have access to mobile gaming/electronic gaming with more than 2 hour of routing access. Results:For analysis Chi-square was used.The finding revealed that school performance regarding physical activity, academic performance, & psychomotor effect in the class had declined with repetitive use of mobile phone and electronic gaming. Conclusion: A linear model was also proposed that will be helpful to improve the performance of school going Teenagers.

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