Use for therapy hand eye coordination training and

use for therapy, hand-eye coordination training, and simulations, but it does not cover
any actual developmental effects. Video games teach many skills to the developing
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child. Examples of these skills include problem-solving abilities, perseverence, pattern
recognition, hypothesis testing, estimating skills, inductive reasoning, resource
management, logistics, mapping, memory, quick thinking, and reasoned judgments
(Sheff, 1994).
IV. METHODS
RESEARCH DESIGN
The researchers want to explore the effects of gaming addiction to the behavior
of senior high school students of the Lyceum of the Philippines – Batangas. The
researchers decided to construct a phenomenological design by using one-on-one
interview with the selected random senior high school students.
INFORMANTS
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas is the only school to be
considered in this study. The main informants of this study included the selected senior
high school students who admit having addiction in terms of gaming. Quota sampling
was to identify our informants.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
This research utilized a semi-structured interview schedule. It was used to gather
reliable data for the researchers to come up with justifiable outcomes that elicit different
factors that could affect the research. The interview schedule is divided into two parts;
rapport questions to take the informants into a comfortable setting and the interview
proper which would answer questions like reasons for gaming addiction and the
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perceived effects of gaming addiction. The second part consist of five questions that
reveals effects of gaming addiction on the respondents. Part two also includes
additional probes that come in the form of follow-up questions. This is to gather
additional data from the respondent that may add depth and significance to the findings.
DATA ANALYSIS
Each interview was transcribed verbatim. The content analysis was carried out
by coding the data for certain words or content by going through all the text and label
words, phrases and sections of the transcript. A coding matrix was designed to group for
categories of the tests while reading the transcripts, identifying the matters and
interpreting their meaning. Inter-rater coding was done to check for possible errors in
coding.
V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Five informants were randomly selected from a population constituting senior
high school students from the Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas who
admittedly have computer games addiction. This sample was taken using quota
sampling.
The data gathering was in form of an interview which was divided in two parts.
The first part included personal information about the informants such as their age, sex
and senior high school track. The results are tabulated in Table A.