%0 Journal Article
%T Problematic Use of Video Games in Schools in Northern Benin (2023)
%A Ireti Nethania Elie Ataigba
%A David Sinet Koivogui
%A Damega Wenkourama
%A Marcos Tohou
%A Eurydice Elvire Djossou
%A Anselme Djidonou
%A Francis Tognon Tchegnonsi
%A Prosper Gandaho
%A Josiane Ezin Houngbe
%J Open Journal of Psychiatry
%P 120-141
%@ 2161-7333
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojpsych.2024.142008
%X <strong>Objective:</strong> <span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">To study the problematic use of video games among
secondary</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> <span>school students
in the city of Parakou in 2023. <b>Methods:</b> Descriptive cross-</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">sec</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">tional</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> study
conducted in the commune of Parakou from December 2022 to July 2023. The study
population consisted of students regularly enrolled in public and private
secondary schools in the city of Parakou for the 2022-2023 <span>academic year. A two-stage non-proportional
stratified sampling technique combined with simple random sampling was adopted.
The Problem Video</span> Game Playing (PVP) scale was used to assess problem
gambling in the study <span>population, while
anxiety and depression were assessed using the Hospital</span> Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HADS). <b>Results: </b>A total of 1030 students were <span>included. The mean age of the pupils surveyed was
15.06</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">¡À</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">2.68 years, wit</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">h <span>extremes of 10 and 28 years. The [13</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">18] age group was the most</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> represented, with a proportion of 59.6% (614) in the general population.
Females predominated, at 52.8% (544), with a sex ratio of 0.89. The prevalence
of proble<span>matic video game use was 24.9%,
measured using the Video Game Playi</span>ng scale. Associated factors were
male gender (p = 0.005), pocket money under 10,000</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">cfa (p = 0.001) and between 20,000</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">90,000</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">cfa (p = 0.030), addictive family behavior (p &lt; 0.001),
monogamous family (p = 0.023), good relationship with father (p = 0.020),
organization of video game competitions (p = 0.001) and definite anxiety (p
&lt; 0.001).
%K Gaming Problem
%K Video Games
%K Benin
%K 2023
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131565