PMID- 35140665
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230917
IS  - 1664-1078 (Print)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Linking)
VI  - 12
DP  - 2021
TI  - Examining the Impact of School Esports Program Participation on Student Health 
      and Psychological Development.
PG  - 807341
LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.807341 [doi]
LID - 807341
AB  - This study examined the influence of 7 high school esports developmental programs 
      on student self-regulation, growth mindset, positive youth development (PYD), 
      perceived general health and physical activity (PA), and sport behaviour. A total 
      of 188 students (male n = 120; female n = 68) originally participated (89 
      enrolled in an esports program in their school and 99 acted as aged-matched 
      controls), with 58 participants (n = 19 esports group; n = 39 controls) 
      completing both pre- and post-program information. At baseline, no significant 
      differences were found between youth e-athletes and their aged-matched controls. 
      The analysis for the observation period showed a significant interaction effect 
      for the PYD confidence scale, with post-hoc comparisons showing a significant 
      decrease in the control group from pre- to post assessment whereas the esports 
      group remained the same. Time main effects showed a decrease in the 
      self-regulation motivation factor, PYD connection factor and PA for all 
      participants. Overall, this study showed that students enrolled in their 
      respective school esports program did not differ from those who did not in 
      self-regulation, growth mindset, PYD, perceived health and PA, and sport 
      behaviour. It was likely that all participants showed a decrease in motivation, 
      connection, and PA due to COVID19 lockdown during the study period. This study is 
      the first to investigate the longitudinal impact of student involvement in high 
      school esports and showed that esports participation did not have a negative 
      impact on any health or psychological factors.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Trotter, Coulter, Davis, Poulus and Polman.
FAU - Trotter, Michael G
AU  - Trotter MG
AD  - Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland 
      University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
FAU - Coulter, Tristan J
AU  - Coulter TJ
AD  - Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland 
      University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
FAU - Davis, Paul A
AU  - Davis PA
AD  - Department of Psychology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden.
FAU - Poulus, Dylan R
AU  - Poulus DR
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Bilinga, QLD, 
      Australia.
FAU - Polman, Remco
AU  - Polman R
AD  - Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland 
      University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220124
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychol
JT  - Frontiers in psychology
JID - 101550902
PMC - PMC8820392
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - competitive video games
OT  - esports
OT  - growth mindset
OT  - health
OT  - positive youth development
OT  - self-regulation
OT  - sport
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/02/11 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/11 06:01
PMCR- 2022/01/24
CRDT- 2022/02/10 05:35
PHST- 2021/11/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/10 05:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/11 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.807341 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychol. 2022 Jan 24;12:807341. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.807341. eCollection 
      2021.