Abstract

A survey was conducted in a public, research university located in a large and diverse metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the USA. The purpose of the survey was to determine both the positive and negative personal, educational, social, and work related consequences of playing video games. Nearly two-thirds of the 203 participants in this study were of Hispanic heritage. A majority of the sample of participants was derived using a school intercept, as opposed to mall intercept, strategy. The remaining participants were obtained using snowball, and convenience sampling techniques. Statistically significant differences between males and females were found in the areas of communication, decision making in daily lives, leadership skills, collaborating, functioning in a team, and giving directions to others. These differences were favorable to males. (Contains 15 tables.)

Citation

Thirunarayanan, M.O., Vilchez, M., Abreu, L., Ledesma, C. & Lopez, S. (2010). A Survey of Video Game Players in a Public, Urban Research University. Educational Media International, 47(4), 311-327. Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/167358/.

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Keywords

• decision making
• Feedback (Response)
• gender differences
• Hispanic American Students
• individual differences
• Interpersonal Communication
• leadership
• Males
• Metropolitan Areas
• Research Universities
• Sampling
• video games