Relación entre videojuegos y violencia en adolescentes: Revisión bibliográfica y planteamiento de programa de prevención

Abstract

Adolescence is one of the transitional stages of social, individual, and family life. It is influenced by several factors such as the use of emerging technologies, including the excessive use of video games (VG), which, according to worldwide statistics, has increased the number of users and turned into a source of learning and socialization. Objective: Investigating and describing adolescence as a stage of emotional development and thrill-seeking is crucial, as well as explaining the impact of video games on a social, emotional, family, and personal level, and finally, the consequences on their environment, and designing a therapeutic plan to prevent exacerbations in the symptomatology caused by addiction to VGs. Methodology: To investigate more about this topic, a literature review was carried out in several databases such as Redalyc, Scopus, and Latindex, among others, and inclusion criteria were defined, such as a maximum period of 10 years, in both English and Spanish, which led to the research study described. Results: As a result, the outcome was that the described addictive behavior is due to multiple factors, among them, the need to belong to a group, the dysfunctional philoso parental relationship, the phase of brain development and social influence, as well as the need for treatment, it was possible to define that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is the most recommended and effective for the treatment of conventional and non-conventional addictions, this being the category where addiction to video games is situated.