Open AccessRelationship between Online Games and Aggression amongst Adolescents
Author(s) -
Mahima Sahi,
Geeta Bhagat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ymer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0044-0477
DOI - 10.37896/ymer20.10/6
Subject(s) - aggression , hostility , anger , psychology , verbal aggression , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , environmental health
Online Gaming has been trending amongst the adolescents lately. A variety of studies posit Online Games to have diverse influences on the adolescent’s behavior viz. reducing stress, regulating anger, helping in relaxation etc. While other studies report a linear relationship between Online Gaming and Aggression. This paradox, therein, generates a curiosity to explore, the relationship between Online Gaming and Aggression. For this purpose, the current investigation, attempts to evaluate the relationship between “Online Gaming and Aggression amongst Adolescents” in the Indian setup. The sample comprised of 300 adolescents (150 males and 150 females) in the age range of 14-16 years. The Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire- Short Form, POGQ-SF (Papay et al., 2013) and The Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) were administered. Positive associations were observed between Online Gaming and various dimensions of Aggression viz. Verbal Aggression, Hostility, Anger and Total Aggression (p < .01). Results from the current investigation, therefore, could be utilized heuristically to develop interventional strategies so as to regulate the gaming activity of adolescents and reduce their overall levels of Aggression.