Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Allameh Tabataba'i University Student of preschool education
2 Professor of Psychology Faculty of Psychology & Education Allameh Tabataba'i University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of computer games and executive functions in children aged 5 to 6 years old in Karaj 4th district. A sample of this study included 31 and 30 pre-school boys who were selected and tested availability. The test was performed using a researcher-made questionnaire on the use of computer games. Then, through the Coolidge test, the executive functions of pre-school children were examined. Pearson, ANOVA and t test were used to obtain data. The results of this study showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between the amount of computer games used and the executive functions (p <0.05). This result was obtained by Pearson test. Also, using Pearson test, the relationship between the rate Using computer games with decision-making function is a meaningful program for preschool children that shows a moderate correlation (p <0.05), but there was not a significant relationship between the amount of computer games used for organizing and inhibition. (P> 0.05); also, using t test, the difference between the group was There is no use of computer games for girls and boys, and at the end of the one-way ANOVA test, there is not a meaningful relationship between the amount of history of using computer games with pre-school children's executive functions (p> 0.05).
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