Online Gaming: Effects to the Study Habits of Senior High students of Basilan

National High School

Background of the Study

Online gaming is an electronic game that is played over some form of a computer

network, particularly over the internet. It is one of the fastest-growing trends in today's

generation. Annual research conducted by OFCOM shows that gaming is still one of the

top activities enjoyed by kids online, with many of them gaming via mobile devices. Online

gaming is hugely popular with children and young people, especially here in Basilan

National High School.

Computers play a major role in shaping the future of the kids. Online games surely

have an impact on their minds. Taking into consideration, it is positively a great mind

exercise and helps kids explore many new things, includes improvement in recursive and

proactive thinking, increased sociability and improved interpretive skills. Some research

shows that children who play online games are more active and have sharper minds than

their other counterparts.

Days are gone when children loved to indulge in outdoor activities, rather than

running or playing outside, children spend most of their time playing online games.

However, online games also receive much more negative critics, because games are

often coined with an issue such as mindless entertainment, enhanced social recluse,

sexism, and consumerism. Research shows that kids who play violent games showed on

increased in emotional arousal and a corresponding decrease of activity in brain areas

involving self-control, inhabitation, and attention especially in their performance at school.

We know that parents do have questions and concerns about games, often about the

type of games their child plays, who they may be speaking to and for how much time their

child is playing but now, we don’t have really any idea what happens to their life especially

at school.
 Everyone who plays online games has a different reason for playing, and the

usage of the game leads to different effects for each individual like today. Childhood

upbringing, peer influences, pressures at school and family issues are just some factors

that have a strong connection with the effects of gaming on individuals. Video games may

be therapeutic for some people, but the small amount of people who are negatively

affected by gaming impact are many. Even their study habits may be affected because of

this issue. Online Gaming has made a huge effect on the kids in today’s society, so, I, the

researcher decided to conduct a study to know the effects of Online Gaming to the Study

habits of the Senior high students here in Basilan Nation High School.
Statement of the Problem

This research study generally aims to determine the effects of the online gaming

to the study habits of the selected senior high students of Basilan National High School.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

a. Age & Gender;

b. Grade & Strand;

c. Online game user?

2. What are the demographic profiles of the respondents in terms of:

a. Frequency of playing online games;

b. Average time span of playing online games; and

c. Length of period of playing online games (since they’ve started)

3. How may study habit be measured according to:

a. Time Management;

b. Motivation; and

c. Interest
Significance of the Study

This study gathers all data information for the benefit of the students, parents,

teachers, readers and Future Researchers.

Students. This study is primarily important to students, for it will give them

information about the effects of online gaming to their study habits and also to their selves.

It will help the students have an insight on the impact of online games towards their study

habits.

Parents. This study will help the parents to have enough knowledge about online

games that may affect their children’s studies. It will serve as basis to help share with

other parents the information about certain games or ideas to help each other in

parenting. Also it will help them understand the behavior and study habit of their children

when they are engaged into such activity. They surely know how to limit their child from

playing online games by guiding them wisely.

Teachers. This study is important because it can help teachers to teach their

students about the positive and negative effects of online games in their study habit. And

it is also help to prevent the increasing addictive people in playing online games. This

study will sure that playing online games is have a good and bad effecting students,

teachers and their child and also to their relatives.

Readers. This study will also help the readers to have the understanding about

the effects of online gaming.

Future Researchers. This may serve as a basis for future research that they will

conduct.
Scope and Delimitation

The study is Quantitative Research. The key point of the study conducted is to

determine as well as to fully understand the effects of online gaming to the study habits

of students of Basilan National High School.

The study is a Survey type of research wherein I, the researcher intends to provide

a quantitative or numeric descriptions of trends, attitudes and opinions of a population on

this matter. It is focusing on the effects of online gaming to the study habits of the students

of Basilan National High School.

The study will be conducted at Basilan National High School, Isabela City,

Province of Basilan. The respondents of this study were limited to the selected senior

high students for the year 2019-2020.