Games Are Bad, Right? Misericordia Survey Aims to Find Out
Sam Galski over at the Hazelton, PA Standard-Speaker (“Serving Luzerne, Carbon, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Monroe Counties since 1866”), reports today on a survey led by Dr. Ellen McLaughlin, interim dean for Health Sciences at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. The survey, “Exploring Children’s Video Game Use,” was delivered to 4,000 students, 7-12 years old, in two Pennsylvania school districts and one parochial school. The idea is for students to take the survey home to be filled out by parents.
Expressing a potentially negative attitude toward gaming, McLaughlin is quoted in the paper as saying, “With the rapid increases in video gaming, and the emergence of a computer culture, we are beginning to be concerned about how too much time spent in this type of activity might potentially influence other areas of their life.”
The survey asks parents about times children play videogames, and times they spend in other leisure activities. They will also be asked “to check a box if the child would rather spend the time playing video games.” Timeframes on the survey for playing will start at 0-15 minutes and go up nine check boxes to “over 3 ½hours.”
Questions will also entail issues of free choice among games, time limits, and ESRB ratings. Finally, behavior issues will be sought from the parents:
The survey asks participants to check boxes if certain behaviors were noticed, including whether a child has persistent thoughts of video game use to whether he or she has ever jeopardized or lost relationships because of gaming.
References:
Galski, S. (2007, November 26). Hazleton Area students to take video game study. Standard-Speaker. [Online]. Retrieved November 26, 2007 from: http://www.standardspeaker.com/index.php?
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