Significados que atribuye un adolescente a sus experiencias sobre el uso de videojuegos, y las dinámicas sociales y familiares

Abstract

The present research aimed to analyze the meanings attributed to the experiences with the use of video games and the socio-family interactional dynamics by a 19-year-old adolescent from the City of Bogotá in the town of Ciudad Bolívar, which makes recurrent use of video games since his childhood. An interview was conducted with the prior authorization of the adolescent, agreeing to be consulted about the experience, its repercussions and consequences in his life, noting first-hand the priority of this technology, making openly clear his lack of preference for the use of other forms of entertainment and clearly explaining the reason for such a choice knowing that there is an excess gives the use of it. The procedure used was based on using the in-depth interview. The results show the way in which various personal, social and family factors influence the way in which adolescents make use of video games and how they attribute other types of meanings to the act of playing, beyond entertainment, leaving aside their socio-affective ties and in turn it can be seen how family dynamics leads the adolescent to make abusive use of video games.