Madeline Bach, Sonia Shenoi, Kathleen Winger, Tami Hendriksz
Healthier together: a pilot study on the implementation of a novel family centered pediatric obesity prevention program
Journal of osteopathic medicine
problematic internet gaming adolescents associated various negative outcomes low selfesteem depression anxiety attention problems hypothesized game coding education improving adolescents selfesteem would effective game literacy education mitigating problematic internet gaming total 126 adolescents voluntarily applied game coding education game literacy education program visiting game class project operated game cultural foundation participated study collected data demographics gaming patterns psychological status including positive negative perceptions online games depression anxiety designated scores higher 40 youngs internet addiction scale problematic internet gaming group game coding education significantly effective decreasing internet use lowering depressive symptoms improving selfesteem hierarchical logistic regression analysis frequent education time coding education stronger negative perceptions gaming high selfesteem predicted decreased internet gaming among participants exhibiting problematic internet gameplay game coding education effectively mitigates problematic gaming improving adolescents selfesteem thus may beneficial increase education time devise game education programs tailored adolescents psychological status