Table 1.
Gaming habits of children based on gender.
| Male Children | Female Children | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of video gamers | 94% | 79% | ||
| Prevalence of online video gamers | 61% | 39% | ||
| Time spent on VGs (hours per week) | M | SD | M | SD |
| 13.70 | 9.90 | 7.93 | 7.85 | |
| Prevalence of video gamers by video game genre (only the video game genres with the highest prevalence rates are reported.) | First-person shooter games (39%) | Simulation games (15%) | ||
| Sports games (15%) | Sandbox games (15%) | |||
| Sandbox games (13%) | Fitness games (8%) | |||
| Prevalence of video gamers by device used to play VGs | Home video game console (63%) | Smartphone (61%) | ||
| Smartphone (63%) | Tablet (60%) | |||
| Tablet (53%) | Home video game console (32%) | |||
| Handheld game console (34%) | Handheld game console (18%) | |||
| Computer (24%) | Computer (16%) | |||
| Number of devices used to play VGs Prevalence of video gamers by time of the day |
M | SD | M | SD |
| 2.36 | 1.04 | 1.86 | 1.86 | |
| In the afternoon (74%) Before dinner (47%) |
In the afternoon (71%) Before dinner (60%) |
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| Before dinner (47%) In the morning (38%) |
After lunch (46%) In the morning (33%) |
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| After lunch (36%) | After waking up (9%) | |||
| After waking up (6%) | Before falling asleep (7%) | |||
| Before falling asleep (3%) | Before falling asleep (3%) | |||
| At lunch (1%) | At dinner (3%) | |||
| At dinner (1%) | At lunch (1%) | |||
| Number of daily moments spent on video games | M | SD | M | SD |
| 2.29 | 1.14 | 2.06 | 1.02 | |
| Prevalence of video gamers by social partner | Alone (89%) | Alone (85%) | ||
| Online friends (60%) | Parents (64%) | |||
| Parents (53%) | Brothers/sisters (34%) | |||
| Brothers/sisters (51%) | Online friends (22%) | |||
| VGS-P score | M | SD | M | SD |
| 7.90 | 4.83 | 3.98 | 3.80 | |
| Prevalence of video gamers by GD category | Non-problem gaming: 34% | Non-problem gaming: 79% | ||
| At-risk gaming: 44% | At-risk gaming: 13% | |||
| Problem gaming: 22% | Problem gaming: 8% | |||
Notes: VGs = video games; VGS—P = Video gaming Scale For Parents; GD = Gaming Disorder.