Internet Gaming Addiction as Predictor of Aggression and Academic Performance among Young Adolescents

Abstract

Aim of the Study: The present study was designed to investigate that internet game addiction as predictor of aggression and academic performance among adolescents.

Methodology: The study was based on cross-sectional survey research design. Participants comprised of girls and boys (N = 300) from different schools and colleges of Sargodha. Data was collected using purposive convenient sampling technique. Two self-report measures including Game Addiction Scale (Lemmens et al., 2009), The Aggression Scale (Pamela & Ralph, 2001) was used in the study. The third variable academic performance was measure by percentages of students in final examination. Item corrected correlation for scale used, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analysis were run on SPSS-26. Further t-test was run to investigate demographics of study.

Findings: Result showed internet game addiction is significantly positively correlated with aggression, internet game addiction is significantly negatively correlated with academic performance and aggression is significantly negatively correlated with academic performance among adolescents. t-test revealed that boys exhibit higher score on gaming addiction then girls and girls exhibit higher score on academic performance than boys.

Conclusion: The present study intends to brighten the impact of game addiction of on aggression and academic performance in adolescents. The outcomes disclose satisfactory alpha reliabilities of the instruments applied in the research. All correlations are in expected directions. Limitations, suggestions and practical implications are also added in the study to pave road for future research.