A Correlational Analysis between Self-Control and Student’s Video Game Performance in Panabo City

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue II, February 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

A Correlational Analysis between Self-Control and Student’s Video Game Performance in Panabo City

Pamela Dela Cerna¹, Noreen Mae Malinao², Jannie Jenny Mahipos³, Glendell Razon Jadraque⁴, Mark Van M. Buladaco^5
1,2,3Student, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Davao Del Norte State College, Philippines
^4,5Faculty, Davao Del Norte State College

Abstract – As technology continuously advancing in today’s era, electronic technologies became one of the creations that most people need for communication. They deemed a kind of leisure or recreational tool such that Video Games. In some studies, self-control seems strongly associated with counterproductive behavior, but not much research about video game performance. Thus, a lack of knowledge concerning the influence of self-control on video game performance is present. This research aims to analyze the correlation between an individual’s self-control and the student’s video game performance in Panabo City. The questionnaire splits into three parts: Students’ demographic profile, Students Self-Control, and Students Video Game Performance. In participants, 32 of the respondents participated in the study—researchers used quantitative non-experimental correlational research design to approach the research question. In the result, the mean level of students’ self-control is 3.2188 with a standard deviation of 0.38882. It shows that the level of students’ self-control is moderate while the mean level of students’ video game performance is 3.5042 with a standard deviation of 0.46062. It shows that the level of students’ video game performance is high. The researchers concluded that there is no significant relationship between students’ self-control and video game performance, showing a weak positive relationship.

Keywords: Correlational Research, Panabo City, Self-Control, Video Games Performance

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Self-control affects, among other things, individuals’ performance and behavior. From doing simple tasks to academic performance to work performance, affect by self-control. The individual differences construct of self-control has been found to predict a wide range of criteria [4]. For the two domains, its significance was predominantly considered. On the one hand, high self-control associates with better scores of individual performance [4].

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