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Psychological adjustment, choice of game genre and living arrangements among adolescents with and without IGD

Title
Psychological adjustment, choice of game genre and living arrangements among adolescents with and without IGD
Creator
PV S.; Kanwar P.
Description
In India, the prevalence of internet gaming disorders ranges from 8 to 9%. Adolescents are more likely to become addicted to online games. This study compares teenage gamers with and without Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in terms of game genre, psychosocial adjustment, and living conditions with a sample of 80 in each group. The results demonstrate that adolescents with this disorder had significantly higher scores for depression, anxiety, and psychosocial deterioration than adolescents without gaming disorder. Even though the prevalence of males is high, both genders do not significantly differ from one another in psychological adjustment. Another finding is that adolescents with gaming disorders play multiplayer online role-play games and Battle Royal games more frequently than average players. The prevalence of this disorder is also influenced by living conditions; teenagers who stay in hostels or pay guest rooms are more likely to develop a gaming addiction. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
Source
Current Psychology, Vol-43, No. 26, pp. 22542-22549.
Date
2024-01-01
Publisher
Springer
Subject
Adolescents; Anxiety; Depression; Game genre; Gender differences; Internet gaming disorder; Living arrangements; Psychosocial functioning
Coverage
PV S., CHRIST UNIVERSITY (Deemed to be), Christ University Bannerghatta Road Campus, Pai Layout, Hulimavu, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560076, India, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Kodialbail, P B 720, Mangalore, 575 003, India; Kanwar P., CHRIST UNIVERSITY (Deemed to be), Christ University Bannerghatta Road Campus, Pai Layout, Hulimavu, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560076, India
Rights
Restricted Access
Relation
ISSN: 10461310
Format
Online
Language
English
Type
Article

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Citation

PV S.; Kanwar P., “Psychological adjustment, choice of game genre and living arrangements among adolescents with and without IGD,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 26, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13065.

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