A Pilot Study Of Game Addiction And Its Connecti On With Emotional Disorders In Saudi Adolescents
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Description
Research indicates that Few studies have studieda link between game addiction and emotional disorders withinSaudi adolescents, and no studies, to date, have published data on this correlation between both of which. This study aimed to examine the association between game addiction and the emotional disorders of depression, anxiety, and hostility in a sample of high school students from Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia.
Methods
The pilotstudy was conducted in early of 2021 among 130 students Students who returned signed consent forms and that included validated scale on addiction to video games, The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (depression, anxiety, and aggression) selected subscales.
Results
Video game addiction scale was valid and reliable, also strongly associated with depression, anxiety, and hostility subscales. The results of Game addiction scale items were strongly used as predictors of depression, anxiety, and aggression.
Conclusions
The high and strong correlations between Game addiction scale and emotional disorders of depression , anxiety and hostility were found. These findings have suggested that more research should be carried out in the future to investigate the role of emotion regulation as a predictor of video game addiction..