Research Article

Children's Use of Electronic Games: Choices of Game Mode and Challenge Levels

Table 1

Physical characteristics of participants (Mean ± SD).

VariableAllInteractive game groupGender
𝑁 = 6 0 Fixed 𝑛 = 3 0 Adjustable 𝑛 = 3 0 Boys 𝑛 = 3 5 Girls 𝑛 = 2 5

Age 1 0 . 8 ± 0 . 8 1 0 . 9 ± 0 . 9 1 0 . 6 ± 0 . 6 1 0 . 7 ± 0 . 7 1 0 . 8 ± 0 . 9
Height (cm) 1 4 6 . 3 ± 8 . 1 1 4 5 . 8 ± 8 . 3 1 4 6 . 7 ± 8 . 0 1 4 6 . 0 ± 8 . 7 1 4 6 . 6 ± 7 . 4
Weight (kg) 4 4 . 4 ± 1 2 . 4 4 1 . 0 ± 1 1 . 7 a 4 7 . 7 ± 1 2 . 3 a 4 8 . 2 ± 1 3 . 1 a 3 9 . 0 ± 9 . 1 a
BMI (kg/m²) 2 0 . 5 ± 4 . 5 1 9 . 0 ± 4 . 1 b 2 2 . 0 ± 4 . 4 b 2 2 . 3 ± 4 . 4 c 1 8 . 0 ± 3 . 3 c
zBMI (kg/m²) 0 . 0 ± 1 . 0 0 . 2 ± 1 . 0 b 0 . 5 ± 1 . 0 b 0 . 6 ± 1 . 0 c 0 . 4 ± 0 . 8 c

BMI:Body Mass Index.
Significant mean differences between independent variable categories:
a 𝑃 . 0 5 , b 𝑃 . 0 0 1 , c 𝑃 . 0 0 0 1 .