The effects of video game play on academic performance

Author

Jancee Wright, University of the Cumberlands

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

17

Number

1

Page Numbers

pages 37-44

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2011

Abstract

The purpose of the present research is to determine whether playing video games impacts academic performance as determined by GPA. To accomplish this, 198 participants filled out a Gaming Habits Survey which was analyzed using a series of one-way ANOVAs. The study found that there was a significant effect of player status on GPA at the p < .01 level for the two conditions of player versus non-player [F (1, 169) = 7.08, p = .009]. Comparisons using descriptive statistics indicated that the mean GPA score for the player condition (M = 3.2, SD = .51) was significantly different than the non-player condition (M = 3.4, SD = .47). These results show that participants who indicated that they did play video games had significantly lower GPAs than participants who indicated that they did not play video games.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

8 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 17 no. 1 2011

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Wright, Jancee (2011) "The effects of video game play on academic performance," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 17: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol17/iss1/6