The Impact of Playing Video Games on Cognitive Skills and Sleeping Duration among High School Students

Author(s)	Dr. Fathima Banu, Mr. Dhanvarshan
Country	India
Abstract	This research examines the impact of playing video games on cognitive skills and sleep duration among high school students. This study involved 50 high school students both males and females are in equal proportion, from one government and one private school, using the Cognitive assessment questionnaire, originally called the cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ) was developed by broadbent et al. (1982) to assess the frequency with which people experienced cognitive failures, such as absent-mindedness, in everyday life - slips and errors of perception, memory, and motor functioning. The findings indicate that there is no correlation between video game spending time and cognitive skills (r =0.726, p > 0.05), suggesting that playing video games could not be affected by playing video games. No significant differences were found between sleeping hours and three dimensions. Additionally, there is significant relationship found between video game spending time and dimensions of forgetfulness and false triggering, nor the distractibility. These results implies that while video games play a notable role in cognitive skills, sleep duration does not affect by playing video games in this context. The study calls for future research to explore other potential influences on playing video games.
Keywords	Video games, cognitive skills, sleep duration
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-19

About IJFMR Fees & Payment Current Issue Publication Archive	Submit Research Paper Track Submission Status Publication Guidelines Publication Ethics Peer Review & Plagiarism	Join as a Reviewer Editors & Reviewers Reviewer Referral Program Get Reviewer Membership Certi.	Website/Journal Policies Usage Policy Content Policies Privacy Policy

Contact Us		+91-9687-828-838	editor@ijfmr.com

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research