Effect of internet use and electronic game-play on academic performance of Australian children

In Islam et al. (2020), the association between gaming and academic performance turned negative no matter the time of day or week if addiction tendencies were present.

“However, in this study, the association turned negative no matter the time of day or week if addiction tendencies were present.”

Afternoon video game use is either not associated with academic performance or positively associated with it.

“This is demonstrated in the several studies analyzing afternoon video game use which find either no association with academic performance (Tak & Catsambis, 2023;Drummond & Sauer, 2020) or a positive one (Islam et al., 2020).”

Students with addiction tendencies were almost always negatively affected, whereas effects on non-addicted students were more complex and dependent on other factors.

“Studies such as Islam et al. (2020) were explicit in noting that students with addiction tendencies were almost always negatively affected whereas effects on non-addicted students were more complex and dependent on other factors.”

Some studies evidenced positive associations between digital reading frequency and reading comprehension in adolescents and college students.

“Some studies evidenced positive associations between digital reading frequency and reading comprehension in adolescents (Botello-Peñaloza & López-Alba, 2014; Duncan et al., 2016; Islam et al., 2020; Jackson et al., 2011; Johnson, 2013; Kong et al., 2022; Wu & Peng, 2017) as well as in college students (Amiama-Espaillat & Mayor-Ruiz, 2017; Chen & Fang, 2013; Mežek, 2013).”

Some use of video games has been shown to have a positive effect in certain areas like reading skills.

“some use of video games has been shown to have a positive effect in certain areas like reading skills (Islam et al., 2020).”

Weekend gaming is positively associated with reading performance.

“Islam et al. (2020) found similar results, positively associating weekend gaming with reading performance.”

There is a positive association between video game play on weekends and academic achievement.

“Hartanto et al. (2018) and Islam et al. (2020) both found a positive association between video game play on weekends and academic achievement.”

Depending on the circumstances, the impact of video games on academic achievement could be positive or negative.

“These environmental variables are likely the reason our dataset shows that, depending on the circumstances, the impact of video games on academic achievement could be positive or negative (Hartanto et al., 2018;Islam et al., 2020;Jackson et al., 2011;Ventura et al., 2012).”