STUDENTS’ ADDICTION TO GAMING: ITS EFFECTS TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUPILS OF

TANAUAN SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOOL

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty

Panel of Oral Examiners
Tanauan Institute
Tanauan City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the

Degree in Bachelor in Elementary Education
Major in General Education

By:
Landel O. Anciado
Daniela Marie R. Buno
December 2022
 Professor

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aimed to determine Students’ Addiction to Gaming:Its Effects to the

Academic performance of the intermediate pupils of Tanauan South Central
School Specifically, it aimed to answer the following questions:

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

1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
1.3 No. of hours spent in video games

2. What kind of video games are being played on computers by the

respondents?

2.1 Roblox
2.2 Minecraft
2.3 Dota 2
2.4 League of Legends
2.5 Terraria
2.6 Valorant
2.7 Phasmophobia
2.8 GTA V
2.9 Apex Legends
2.10 Fortnite

3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile on the pupil

respondents and the frequency of their video gaming?

4. Based on the findings of the study, what are the implications of video gaming
to classroom instructions?
 I. Profile of the Pupil Respondents

Name(Optional): _____________________________ Date: _________

Age: ______________ Gender: __________

No. of hours spent in video games:

30mins - 1 hr 3hrs - 4hrs

1hr - 2hrs 4hrs - 5hrs
2hrs - 3hrs 5hrs above

II. What video games do you frequently play?

Roblox Fortnite
Minecraft Apex Legends
Dota 2 GTA V
v League of Legends Phasmophobia
Terraria Valorant

III. State your opinion. Put a check (√) on the corresponding column on
each question that best describes the effect of video gaming to you.

Positive Effects Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
1. Playing online games can
change my attitude through
the character on the games.
2. Playing online games help
me become more creative
and imaginative
3. It gives a feeling of
happiness and well-being
4. Playing online games
makes me smarter.
5. Playing online games is
one way to increase my
computer literacy.
6. It develop my reading and
math skills reading direction,
quantitative analysis
7. It improved my ability to
rapidly and accuracy
recognizes visual information
8. Playing video games boost
my self-confidence and self-
esteem.

9. Playing video games allows

me to interact with my peers.
10. I feel like I'm on-trend
when I play video games.

Negative Effects Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
1. Playing online games can
loss the appetite of eating
2. Playing online games can
stimulate anger and violence
due to games
3. Playing online games can
consume my time.
4. Too much online games
may adapt bad language
5. Too much playing online
games may decrease your
performance in school.
6. Playing online games spent
less time in academic
responsibility.
7. Playing online games may
exhibit impulsive and have
attention
problems.
8. Violent video games may
acts as a release of
aggression, frustration and
makes you lose interest in
studying.

9. Playing video games make

my vision less clear and gives
me sight problems.
10. Playing online games
significantly reduced amount
of sleep and makes you less
cooperative during classes.

Thank you for your cooperation!