Uso de videojuegos y comunicación familiar

Abstract

The use of video games is an activity that has been used since the 1940s, and is currently one of the activities that generates the most economic income and is the one most frequently performed by adolescents, due to the easy access to them. As far as family communication is concerned, according to the adolescents' perspective, it is avoidant due to the limitations of dialogue with their parents. The objective of the research was to analyze the influence of the use of video games and family communication. The approach was quantitative, correlational and explanatory, with a deductive, analytical-synthetic and hypothetical-deductive method. We worked with a population of 62 adolescents from the "Ricardo Descalzi" Educational Unit of the first, second and third years of high school between 15 and 19 years of age. The instrument used to collect information on the video game variable was the Spanish version of the Gambling Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA) questionnaire, which contains 7 questions; on the other hand, for the family communication variable, the Family Communication questionnaire (C.A.-M/C.A.-P), which consists of 20 questions, was used. The results indicated that 25.8% of the adolescents have a problem gambling and 4.8% have a possible addiction, and the type of communication that stands out in the homes of the adolescents of the "Ricardo Descalzi" Educational Unit is avoidance. The statistical test used was Spearman's Rho, obtaining a p-value of 0.720. Finally, it was concluded that the use of video games does not influence family communication, since the latter is affected by other factors