Role of Computer Games on Depression of Boys Case Study (12 – 18 Years Old Youth in Tehran)

International Journal of Social Communication Sciences

مقاله 3، دوره 02، شماره 05، مهر 2012، صفحه 33-46   

نوع مقاله: Scientific-research

چکیده

Studying then role of computer games on depression of boys, case study (12 – 18 years old youth in Tehran city) is the main objective of this research. The methodology of this study is survey approach. Questionnaire is data collection tool in this study which is provided by researcher. 12 – 18- year -old youth and young adult (boys), residing in Tehran, is the subject of the present study who are playing computer games at game nets. About 501,054 youth (ranging from 12 to 18 years old) participated in this study. Based on Cochrane Formula, the sample size equaled to 383 persons. The results obtained from this study indicated that the more computer games are played by children and young adults, the more depression will be observed among them. The said issue confirms and approves our main hypothesis. Meanwhile, mentioning this point seems necessary that job of their father and mother play a leading role on depression of youth but type of games, time of playing games, location of playing games, and situation of playing game do not have any role on depression of children and young adults

کلیدواژه‌ها

Computer Games؛ Depression؛ Boys

مراجع

Taleman . R ; Grusser . Sm ; Griffiths . MD ( 2007 ) ; Excessive computer games playing : Evidence for addiction and aggression : the journal of v pediattes : vol : 59 , Issu : 7 , p : 61 .

Subrahmangan, K; kraat , R.E ; Green field , pm ; Gross , E.F ( 2011 ) ; the impact of game video games children̉s activites and development ; www.pubmed.com