The Digital Electronic Games Revolution and its Relationship to Children’s Social Behaviors: A Field study on a local Community in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a significant proliferation of electronic games in diverse formats, dimensions, and genres. This expansion has coincided with a growing desire among children and adolescents to possess these games, which have garnered considerable popularity and appeal among players. For many individuals, electronic gaming has become a predominant pastime. However, it is important to recognise that electronic games possess both drawbacks and benefits, rendering them a complex phenomenon. But with the large size of the problem, it was necessary to know the extent of the spread of the digital revolution in the process of transition from the traditional life of children to the new digital life, so a sample of children's families was selected through their primary schools as a random sample in the city of Al- Bada'i in Qassim Governorate, Saudi Arabia. From the statistical analysis, the researcher verified the validity of the study questions and made sure that there is a relationship between electronic games and the formation of the child’s personality, and the study also concluded that the spread of these digital games may affect children either negatively or positively. The researcher recommended a set of recommendations, the most important of which was the need to pay attention to the educational achievement of the child, and the need to work to alert parents to monitor their children and what they are playing within the electronic platforms.