Estudio del uso problemático de los videojuegos y su incidencia en el rendimiento académico de los adolescentes del cantón Piñas de la Provincia de el Oro, durante el año 2019 - 2020

Abstract

Abstract: The present study on the problem of the use of video games and its impact on the academic performance of adolescents in the district of Piñas in the Province of El Oro, during the year 2019- 2020", had the objective of establishing the problem of the use of video games and its impact on academic performance. The research was carried out in an educational institution in the district of Piñas during the year 2019-2020. The sample worked with was 100 adolescents (42 men and 58 women). Scientific, deductive, inductive, analytical and statistical methods were used for this research, as well as techniques such as surveys for data collection. Similarly, three instruments were applied: the ad hoc socio-demographic questionnaire, the questionnaire on the use of ICT and the IGD-20 test (Fuster et al., 2016). The results found in this research indicate that there is no statistically significant relationship between the use of video games and academic performance (r= -.364; p=100), however, as it is an inversely proportional relationship, it is determined that greater use of video games is associated with low academic performance.