Impact of video game playing on mental health and hardiness of high school students

Munmun Lepcha; Azra Parveen

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| Published: June 25, 2020

Impact of video game playing on mental health and hardiness of high school students

Munmun Lepcha

Research scholar, department of Psychology MBPG College Haldwani Google Scholar More about the auther

, Azra Parveen

Professor and Head department of Psychology MBPG College Haldwani Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.035/20200802

DOI: 10.25215/0802.035

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The present study examined the impact of Video game playing on hardiness and mental health of High School Students. For this purpose, a number of total 200 students were selected from video game player (100Ss) and non-video game player (100Ss) from High School. The Singh Psychological Hardiness Scale constructed by Arun Kumar Singh and Mental Health Checklist, constructed by Pramod Kumar was used for the purpose of measuring variables under study. The Mean and t-test was used for the purposed of statistically analyses the obtained. The results indicate that hardiness and mental health of video game player have higher than non-video game player.

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Video Game, Video game player, Non-video game player, Hardiness, Mental Health, High School Student

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How to cite this article: M Lepcha & A Parveen (2020). Impact of video game playing on mental health and hardiness of high school students. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 8(2), 294-300. DIP:18.01.035/20200802, DOI:10.25215/0802.035