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| Published: July 24, 2024
The Correlation between Online Game Addiction and Psychosocial Factors among Online Gamers: A Study in Nagaland
Research Scholar, Adult & Continuing Education, North Eastern Hill University.
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Assistant Professor, Adult & Continuing Education, North Eastern Hill University.
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DIP: 18.01.034.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.034
ABSTRACT
The rise in online gaming has raised concerns about the possibility of addiction, which might have a negative influence on mental health and everyday life. This study investigates the links between online gaming addiction and three psychological variables: self-esteem, loneliness, and life satisfaction. Using the snowball sampling method, we received 420 responses from online gamers in Nagaland. According to a regression study, loneliness and low self-esteem are strong predictors of online gaming addiction. Despite a negative link, life satisfaction has no significant influence on gaming addiction among these gamers. These findings show that tailored therapy aimed at reducing loneliness and increasing self-esteem could help reduce the likelihood of online gaming addiction.
Keywords
Online game, Game addiction, Loneliness, Self-esteem, Life Satisfaction
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Kezhalhousa & Mylliemngap, W.
Received: June 02, 2024; Revision Received: July 20, 2024; Accepted: July 24, 2024
Kezhalhousa @ zaraichi1@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.034.20241203
10.25215/1203.034
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024