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Children with computer game addiction have weakness in sustained attention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Kiseleva  and
S. Kiselev
N. Kiseleva*
Affiliation:
Laboratory For Brain And Neurocognitive Development, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
S. Kiselev
Affiliation:
Laboratory For Brain And Neurocognitive Development, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation Clinical Psychology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Various digital technologies are increasingly being introduced into the everyday life of children. There are evidences that digital addiction has negative effect on cognitive functions of children. What kind of specific effect does this new “digital environment” have for children?

Objectives

The goal of this research is to check the hypothesis that 7-year-old children with computer game addiction have weakness in sustained attention.

Methods

We used questionnaire for parents to reveal children with computer game addiction. Experimental group consisted of 28 7-year-old children with computer game addiction. Control group consisted of 28 children without computer game addiction. Children from experimental and control group were matched for gender and IQ. To assess the sustained attention we used subtest from Luria’s child neuropsychological battery. This subtest is designed to assess visual sustained attention.

Results

One-way ANOVAs by group revealed significant differences (p≤0,05) between the groups in the level of visual sustained attention.

Conclusions

It can be assumed that computer game addiction has negative effect on the development of visual sustained attention in children. However, we need to do additional research to approve this preliminary results.

Keywords

computer game addictionsustained attention
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S568
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