Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children

Farchakh, Youssef; Haddad, Chadia; Sacre, Hala; Obeid, Sahar; Salameh, Pascale; Hallit, Souheil

doi:10.1186/s13034-020-00353-3

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 6 Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)

From: Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children

	Beta	Partial Eta squared	p-value	95% confidence interval
	Beta	Partial Eta squared	p-value	Lower bound	Upper bound
Episodic memory
Addiction video gaming salience	0.581	0.024	0.009	0.149	1.013
Working memory
Addiction video gaming salience	0.292	0.013	0.058	− 0.010	0.594
Addiction video gaming mood modification	0.213	0.012	0.061	− 0.010	0.437
Father university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.886	0.012	0.070	− 3.929	0.157
Mother university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 2.522	0.011	0.077	− 5.315	0.272
Visual memory
Mother secondary compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 2.204	0.024	0.009	− 3.851	− 0.558
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.139	0.010	0.088	− 0.021	0.299
Clinical attention morning
Addiction video gaming salience	0.562	0.057	< 0.001	0.294	0.830
Addiction video gaming tolerance	0.411	0.026	0.007	0.114	0.708
Father university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 2.052	0.017	0.027	− 3.866	− 0.238
Clinical attention afternoon
Addiction video gaming salience	0.561	0.049	0.001	0.270	0.851
Addiction video gaming tolerance	0.367	0.018	0.025	0.046	0.689
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.293	0.016	0.035	0.020	0.565
LEAF comprehension conceptual learning
Father university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.445	0.021	0.006	− 2.464	− 0.425
Mother university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.348	0.017	0.055	− 2.723	0.028
LEAF factual memory
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.156	0.019	0.019	0.026	0.286
Father university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.103	0.011	0.015	− 1.988	− 0.218
Mother secondary compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.724	0.027	0.006	− 2.960	− 0.489
Mother university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.357	0.026	0.026	− 2.551	− 0.164
LEAF attention
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.172	0.012	0.043	0.005	0.339
Father university compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.660	0.021	0.014	− 2.988	− 0.332
LEAF processing speed
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.245	0.023	0.011	0.057	0.434
LEAF visual spatial organization
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.145	0.013	0.044	0.004	0.285
LEAF sustained sequential processing
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.244	0.032	0.001	0.098	0.389
LEAF working memory
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.183	0.022	0.014	0.037	0.329
Father university	− 1.254	0.006	0.019	− 2.302	− 0.205
LEAF novel problem solving
Addiction video gaming salience	0.212	0.025	0.008	0.056	0.369
Addiction video gaming tolerance	0.214	0.021	0.016	0.041	0.388
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.233	0.033	0.002	0.086	0.379
LEAF mathematic skills
Gender (females vs males*)	0.849	0.020	0.018	0.148	1.551
Father secondary level of education compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.319	0.015	0.040	− 2.578	− 0.059
Father university level of education compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.534	0.021	0.015	− 2.769	− 0.299
LEAF basic reading skills
Addiction video gaming salience	0.220	0.016	0.035	0.015	0.425
Father university level of education compared to illiteracy/primary level*	− 1.919	0.026	0.007	− 3.305	− 0.533
LEAF written expression skills
Addiction video gaming salience	0.236	0.012	0.019	0.038	0.433
Addiction video gaming withdrawal	0.231	0.016	0.015	0.044	0.417
Father university	− 1.917	0.022	0.005	− 3.256	− 0.577

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