News Science Quarterly (NS)

News Science Quarterly (NS)

The Relationship playing with computer games and adjustment (educational, emotional and social) among adolescents

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Faculty of Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences
2 Master of Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University
3 Master of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Kerman
Abstract
The overall objective of this study was " the relationship playing with computer games and adjustment (educational, emotional and social) among adolescents ".
Based on research project correlation form, 200 high school senior female and male students in district of Tehran were selected by Cluster random sampling. Tools for implementation of this research were: Researcher made Questionnaire and Adjustment Inventory for high School Students.  In order to analysis of data, description statistics (average and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (correlation and regression) were used.
Results show that:  
1.The effect of  social adjustment on playing  computer games was positive but with low impact and also was not significant (p>0.005).
2.There was negative relationship between adjustment educational and playing computer games, but it was not statically significant (p>0.005).
3.There was negative relationship between adjustment emotional and playing computer games, but it was not statically significant (p>0.005).
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