THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME ADDICTION

Abstract

Many teenagers' routines now include extensive time spent playing videogames and computer games. Teens and young adults spend countless hours each week playing violent video games. Media that show someone trying to hurt others on purpose is considered violent. Most of these studies' research locations were wealthy, industrialized nations. The nation's future lies in its children. The results showed that the connection between fundamental psychological requirements and compulsive internet gaming was mediated in a serial fashion by a sense of duty and purpose in life. The results also suggested that having purpose in life and taking on responsibilities might help explain the inverse association between compulsive internet gaming and meeting fundamental psychological requirements. The current study's findings are significant because they imply that satisfying adolescents' fundamental psychological needs may aid in preventing their addiction to online gaming.