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Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys’ Academic and Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study
Abstract
Young boys who did not own video games were promised a video-game system and child-appropriate games in exchange for participating in an "ongoing study of child development." After baseline assessment of boys' academic achievement and parent- and teacher-reported behavior, boys were randomly assigned to receive the video-game system immediately or to receive the video-game system after follow-up assessment, 4 months later. Boys who received the system immediately spent more time playing video games and less time engaged in after-school academic activities than comparison children. Boys who received the system immediately also had lower reading and writing scores and greater teacher-reported academic problems at follow-up than comparison children. Amount of video-game play mediated the relationship between video-game ownership and academic outcomes. Results provide experimental evidence that video games may displace after-school activities that have educational value and may interfere with the development of reading and writing skills in some children.
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“Weis and Cerankosky (2010) found similar results, finding that there was a significant negative correlation between the ownership of a video game console and academic functioning.”
From Extracurricular Video Game Use and Academic Achievement: A Systematic Literature Review (2026) · cites this paper as Weis and Cerankosky (2010)
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“While the research available suggested either neutral or negative relationships, the small number of studies prevents generalization across this age group (Mößle et al., 2010;Weis & Cerankosky, 2010;Fabris et al., 2019).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weis, R., & Cerankosky, B. C.
- Affiliations
- Denison University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Weis, Robert
- ORCID
- Weis, Robert
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-02-18
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 463-470
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2126721489
- Cited by
- 127
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 25.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Keywords
- video games, young boys, academic performance, reading skills, writing skills, after-school activities, behavioral problems, child development, mediation, screen time
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Child, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Reading, Social Behavior, Writing, Video Games
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