Effect of video and mobile games on children’s behavior

Pages: 488-492
Pankaj Singh, Nilofer Mujawar, Rupali Moharkar and Harshdeep Kaur (NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Digdoh Hills, Nagpur, Maharashtra)

The Present study to examine the effect of video, mobile games on children’s behavior. 160, school going children’s, age range from 7 to 10 were recruited based on random sampling. They were administered the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Behavioural Rating Scale, in the sample group. The data were analyzed with the help of compared “t” test, an analysis of variance showed a Mean of boy’s Child and Adolescent Inpatient Behavioural Rating Scale 102.97 and girls Child and Adolescent Inpatient Behavioural Rating Scale Mean 72.5, and t-value is 13.11, significant at 0.05 levels. In present study show that most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence and other behaviour issues. Children who play more video, and mobile games are more likely to have increased Anxiety , communication problem , psychomotor activity, conduct disorder/ disruptive behaviour, social skills, attention and hyperactive behaviour , aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased prosocial helping.