A Study of Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents and It's Corelation with Age and Gender.
Background: To corelate internet gaming disorder with gender and age. Objective: To study internet gaming disorder among adolescents and find it's correlation with age and gender. Materials and Methods: A correlational design was used. The study was conducted with 100adolescents 50 males and 50 fema...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 131 - 138 |
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| Sumario: | Background: To corelate internet gaming disorder with gender and age. Objective: To study internet gaming disorder among adolescents and find it's correlation with age and gender. Materials and Methods: A correlational design was used. The study was conducted with 100adolescents 50 males and 50 females each. 100 adolescents were selected based on the inclusion criteria written consent from children and their parents were taken. Subject demographic data wastaken,and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-20 was used to measure internet gaming disorder. Results: The findings of corelation between IGD-20 scores and gender shows that Males significantly showed higher associated with higher scores in Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- 20(r=0.742) and corelation between IGD-20 scores and age indicate that the respondent's scores of Internet Gaming Disorder scale with Age shows no significant relationship. (r=-.017). Conclusion: The study concluded that among sample population 4% came under the likely disorder of internet gaming according to internet gaming disorder scale (IGD-20). It demonstrates that Males significantly showed higher association with higher scores in Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- 20 and scores of Internet Gaming Disorder scale with Age shows no significant relationship. |
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