DOI: 10.5176/978-981-08-8227-3_cgat08-38
Authors: Amir Dana, Safar Gholami and Saeed Ghorbani
Abstract:
Computer games have become a popular pastime among children and adolescents. Current study includes a report of the effect of these games on secretion of the stress hormone cortisol in adolescent boys. Participants were 50 adolescent boys with age range 17-19. Four saliva samples were taken, that is, before practice (T1), in 15th min of beginning of the playing (T2), immediately after the end of the playing (T3), and 20 minutes after the end of the experiment (T4). The results of MANOVA showed that violent game increases cortisol significantly during playing and its level remain constant in the after playing, but non-violent computer game don't increase cortisol level in participants (P<0/05).
Keywords: computer games, cortisol, adolescents
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