The use of video games in adolescents. A Public Health problema

Introduction: The excessive use of videogames has increased dramatically, especially among 10-to-19-year-old males. Many teenagers lose control over video games, which may have negative consequences such as pathological, problematic, or addictive gaming. Objectives: Knowing the existing scientific p...

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Published inEnfermería global Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 575 - 591
Main Authors Rodríguez, Mónica Rodríguez, Padilla, Francisca María García
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Murcia Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia 01.04.2021
Subjects
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Behavior
Child development
Computer & video games
Health facilities
Males
Mental health
Physiology
Public health
Questionnaires
Teenagers
Europe
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Summary:Introduction: The excessive use of videogames has increased dramatically, especially among 10-to-19-year-old males. Many teenagers lose control over video games, which may have negative consequences such as pathological, problematic, or addictive gaming. Objectives: Knowing the existing scientific production about the problematic use of video games and video games addiction in teenagers. Methodology: Documents found after a bibliographic search in the databases COCHRANE, MEDLINE, LILACS, CINAHL and CUIDEN have been analyzed. Results: It has been defined the predictive factors, the prevalence, the characteristics, the validated questionnaires, the associations with other addictions, the relations with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), and prevention of problematic use and addiction to video games. Conclusions: There are inconsistencies in the results due to the transversal design of most of the studies, such as small samples, the absence of clinical or randomized samples, data extraction with self-reporting questionnaires conducted in schools, without taking into account adolescents hospitalized into mental health centers or hospitals, the gender bias in research and the lack of standardization of diagnostic criteria. The least studied subject is the treatment and prevention, the most important for nursing profession, so the future main line of research would be in this area.
ISSN:1695-6141
DOI:10.6018/eglobal.438641