Game Faces: How Digital Play Affects the Psychological Landscape of Youth

Cureus, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025

The use of video games in children and adolescents has been growing since the invention home interactive entertainment. With that growth, many parents mental health professionals alike have questioned impact on well-being their patients. Using current literature, we shall investigate gaming children's teenagers' this systemic review. We will time spent playing development behavioral disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, anxiety, general psychological well-being. A search PubMed EBSCO discovery host was done, looking for primary peer-reviewed articles outcomes pediatric population (2-18 years old) North America with no prior diagnosis. returned 713 articles. After screening selection, nine six distinct studies were included. Overall, increased linked to depression OCD symptoms, suicidal ideation. This is a multifactorial issue lacks substantial research leaving an opportunity expansion topic future.

Язык: Английский

How Does Joint Media Engagement Affect the Development of Executive Functions in 5- to-7 year-old Children?

Psychology in Russia State of Art, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(4), С. 109 - 127

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Background. Executive functions are actively developing in children of preschool age. functions’ development is also influenced by the way using digital devices. Joint media engagement one parameters device usage that has been poorly studied so far, although this great importance from point view cultural-historical psychology. Objective. Our research aimed to explore association between young children’s executive over a year, and their joint with parents siblings children. Design. Four hundred ninety (490) typically (52% them were boys) participated study. It was longitudinal study: during first stage, 5-6 years old; second stage followed year later. The NEPSY-II subtests (Inhibition, Statue, Memory for Designs, Sentences Repetition) Dimensional Change Card Sort used assess functions. A questionnaire mothers get information about screen time. Results. Children who watched video content played games together developed more inhibitory control than those did it alone. Co-viewing associated decrease cognitive flexibility as opposed watching Conclusion. obtained data allows us conclude important development, there optimal formats engagement. Based on limitations study, recommendations future suggested.

Язык: Английский

Active and Passive Screen Time for Children Aged 5–6

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 9, С. 138 - 144

Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024

The social situation of development largely determines the cognitive and emotional a child. use digital devices is an important part in modern preschool children. By age 5–6, children start using independently various modes highlighting importance understanding their usage patterns. A questionnaire was administered to mothers 663 5–6-year-old investigate this topic. It shown that passive screen time (time spent watching video content) almost twice as long active interactively devices, for example, videogames, communication, learning, creating). also on weekends much weekdays. Weekend reaches three hours exceeds norms by one hour, indicating insufficient engagement physical activities, non-digital games, interpersonal communication. There no difference between boys girls. Screen be inversely correlated with maternal education level. found less than 30% engage parents.

Язык: Английский