Dependencia a los videojuegos y su relación con la funcionalidad familiar en niños de educación básica

Abstract

The present research aimed to determine the relationship between family functionality and dependence on video games in elementary school children from the Jean Piaget Private Educational Unit in the province of Cotopaxi. In this descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional research, we worked with a sample of 90 children from the third to the seventh year of basic education, 40 male and 50 female. Two psychological reagents were applied: Videogame Dependence (TDV) and Family Apgar for Children. The data analysis was carried out in the SPSS program using the Spearman Rho test, in which it was obtained as a result that there is no relationship between the variables of family functionality and dependence on video games because the (Rho = -0.027 , p> 0.05). According to the results, the majority of the surveyed population has normal family functionality and although the hypothesis was not verified, it can be shown that when there is a presence of severe family dysfunction, dependence on video games tends to be high.