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Children and Computers use: Social, Psychological and Academic Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G. Chele ,
V. Chirita ,
R. Chirita  and
C. Stefanescu
G. Chele
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Medicine and Pharmacy” Gr.T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Socola Iasi, Iasi, Romania
V. Chirita
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Medicine and Pharmacy” Gr.T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Socola Iasi, Iasi, Romania
R. Chirita
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Medicine and Pharmacy” Gr.T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Socola Iasi, Iasi, Romania
C. Stefanescu
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University Medicine and Pharmacy” Gr.T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Socola Iasi, Iasi, Romania

Abstract

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Numerous surveys have attempted to measure how frequently children use the computer at home. Few studies and inconsistent findings render uncertain whether using the computer has any influence on children's social outcomes. The only available review of this research concluded that there is no evidence that computer use is directly related to any psychological outcomes. Although benefits of computer use have been observed, they typically depend on a variety of factors (e.g., subject matter). The only cognitive outcome for which benefits have been consistently observed is visual-spatial skills. Computer gaming contributes to visual-spatial skills, at least when these skills are assessed immediately following the computer activity.

Objective:

The need for information about the effects of computers on their users also increases. The purpose of this study is to investigate how computers are use by children and adolescents. The second goal is to explore the beneficial and harmful effects of computers use on children's mental and physical health.

Methodology:

The studied group of samples comprised 69 subjects, aged between 13 and 18 years, who answered to a questionnaire. The parents of children answered too another questionnaire whit same subject.

Results and conlusions:

The results were obtained about computers use and identification pathological use. Some the children spend much time to computers, 4% more five hours/day. 41% of the parents believe that the usage computers are favorable to developmental children's mental and physical health and 49% of the parents don't believe that. We find approximately 3,5% of cases with pathological use.

Type
P01-20
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 24 , Issue S1: 17th EPA Congress - Lisbon, Portugal, January 2009, Abstract book , January 2009 , 24-E408
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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