Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Jun 24;12(1):364. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01849-9.
Video games have become a prevalent source of entertainment, especially among children. Furthermore, the amount of time spent playing video games has grown dramatically. The purpose of this research was to examine the mediation effects of attention and child memory on the relationship between video games addiction and cognitive and learning abilities in Egyptian children.
A cross-sectional research design was used in the current study in two schools affiliated with Dakahlia District, Egypt. The study included 169 children aged 9 to 13 who met the inclusion criteria, and their mothers provided the questionnaire responses. The data collection methods were performed over approximately four months from February to May. Data were collected using different tools: Socio-demographic Interview, Game Addiction Scale for Children (GASC), Children's Memory Questionnaire (CMQ), Clinical Attention Problems Scale, Learning, Executive, and Attention Functioning (LEAF) Scale.
There was a significant indirect effect of video game addiction on cognitive and learning skills through attention, but not child memory. Video game addiction has a significant impact on children's attention and memory. Both attention and memory have a significant impact on a child's cognitive and learning skills.
These results revealed the significant effect of video game addiction on cognitive and learning abilities in the presence of mediators. It also suggested that attention-focused therapies might play an important role in minimizing the harmful effects of video game addiction on cognitive and learning abilities.
电子游戏已成为一种流行的娱乐方式，尤其受到儿童的欢迎。此外，人们玩电子游戏的时间也大幅增加。本研究旨在探讨注意和儿童记忆力在埃及儿童电子游戏成瘾与认知和学习能力之间的关系中的中介作用。
本研究采用横断面研究设计，在埃及达卡利亚区的两所学校进行。研究纳入了符合纳入标准的 169 名 9 至 13 岁的儿童，其母亲提供了问卷回答。数据收集方法大约在 4 个月内进行，从 2 月到 5 月。数据收集使用了不同的工具：社会人口学访谈、儿童游戏成瘾量表（GASC）、儿童记忆问卷（CMQ）、临床注意问题量表、学习、执行和注意功能（LEAF）量表。
通过注意力，视频游戏成瘾对认知和学习技能有显著的间接影响，但对儿童记忆力没有影响。视频游戏成瘾对儿童的注意力和记忆力有显著影响。注意力和记忆力对儿童的认知和学习技能有显著影响。
这些结果揭示了在存在中介因素的情况下，电子游戏成瘾对认知和学习能力的显著影响。这也表明，以注意力为焦点的治疗方法可能在最小化电子游戏成瘾对认知和学习能力的有害影响方面发挥重要作用。
