Abstract:

This is a school-based cross-sectional study that investigated the prevalence and predictors of videogame addiction among school children. A total of 112 school children enrolled in basic education in Enugu State Nigeria participated in the survey. The videogame addiction scale for children was utilized during data collection. The data collected were analyzed using crosstabulation (chi-square and percentage), bivariate statistical analyses. The results showed that the prevalence rates of video game addiction among school children are low. The results also demonstrated that number of hours spent on the game, age, gender and location predict videogame addiction among school children. Therefore, this study concluded that the prevalence rates of video game addiction among school children are accountable by the number of hours spent on the game, age, gender and location emerged as significant predictors. Given these findings, school counsellors and other relevant practitioners should design a sustainable intervention to reduce the high degree of video game addiction among school children.

Keywords:

Basic schools, Age, Gender, Location, Videogame addiction Schoolchildren.