Association of video gaming with some risky behaviors of secondary school adolescents in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Nabil Awadalla, Muath Hadram, Ali Alshahrani, Yahya Hadram

Citations:

9

References:

31

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of video gaming among secondary school adolescents and to investigate their association with some risky behaviors.MATERIALS AND METHOS: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 336 students randomly selected from secondary schools in Abha City, Saudi Arabia, during the academic year 2015–2016. A predesigned self-report questionnaire was use...

Subjects

Association (psychology)

Medicine

Environmental health

Psychology

Demography

Psychotherapist

Sociology

2017

Article

Open Access

Institution

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Daqahlia, Egypt.& Department of Family and Community Medicine ,,

Medical Intern, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Rank

3.471

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/epx.2018.6646

Language

Country

Association of video gaming with some risky behaviors of secondary school adolescents in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Primary Source

Association of video gaming with some risky behaviors of secondary school adolescents in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Nabil Awadalla, Muath Hadram, Ali Alshahrani, Yahya Hadram

Citations:

9

References:

31

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of video gaming among secondary school adolescents and to investigate their association with some risky behaviors.MATERIALS AND METHOS: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 336 students randomly selected from secondary schools in Abha City, Saudi Arabia, during the academic year 2015–2016. A predesigned self-report questionnaire was use...