Table 2.

Gaming habits of adolescents based on gender.

	Male Adolescents		Female Adolescents
Prevalence of video gamers	100%		73%
Prevalence of online video gamers	88%		50%
Time spent on VGs (hours per week)	M	SD	M	SD
	19.11	13.16	10.99	10.62
Prevalence of video gamers by video game genre (only the video game genres with the highest prevalence rates are reported.)	Management games (41%)		Simulation games (24%)
	Sports games (28%)		Puzzle games (18%)
	Sandbox games (6%)		Sports games (11%)
Prevalence of video gamers by time of the day	Home video game console (88%)		Smartphone (86%)
	Smartphone (78%)		Home video game console (45%)
	Computer (33%)		Tablet (38%)
	Tablet (31%)		Computer (36%)
	Handheld game console (22%)		Handheld game console (21%)
Number of devices used for playing video games Prevalence of video gamers by time of the day	M	SD	M	SD
	2.52	0.96	2.26	1.06
	In the afternoon (73%) Before dinner (62%) After lunch (62%) In the morning (29%)		In the afternoon (64%) Before dinner (56%) After lunch (54%) In the morning (18%)
	Before falling asleep (22%) After waking up (9%)		After waking up (13%) Before falling asleep (13%)
	At dinner (5%) At lunch (2%)		At lunch (3%) At dinner (-)
Number of daily moments spent on video games	M	SD	M	SD
	2.64	1.40	2.20	1.10
Prevalence of video gamers by social partner	Online friends (87%)		Alone (95%)
	Alone (78%)		Brothers/sisters (46%)
	Brothers/sisters (48%)		Online friends (41%)
	Parents (27%)		Parents (32%)
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: 36%		Non-problem gaming: 72%
	At-risk gaming: 40%		At-risk gaming: 16%
	Problem gaming: 24%		Problem gaming: 12%

Notes: VGs = video games; VGS-P = Video Gaming Scale For Parents; GD = gaming disorder.