This study investigated the relationship between the degree of involvement with video games of 72 male university students with performance on pilot screening tests of psychomotor abilities, perceptual abilities, and cognitive style, and also with several personological variables, school performance, locus of control, sociability, and social presence. Additionally, the effects of experience with a video game on the learning of perceptual and psychomotor skills was examined for different levels of previous computer game involvement. It was found that those students who began playing at earlier ages and who more recently played the most demonstrated increased psychomotor abilities, and those abilities appeared to be enhanced by video game play. Greater amounts of time per week spent with computer games were found to correlate with increased facility in learning perceptual skills on computerized instrumentation, and with relative underachievement in school. No systematic relationship was found between degree of video game involvement and measures of sociability, social presence, and field dependence-independence. The study concluded that computer games may have effects upon those individuals who play them, but the effects may not be as negative as many people believe.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331854 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Cordes, Dale S. (Dale Sheryl) |
| Contributors | Peek, Leon A., Doster, Joseph A., 1943-, Gaupp, Fannie Belle, Burke, Angela J. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 65 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Cordes, Dale S. (Dale Sheryl), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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