Gaming Addiction, Sensation Seeking and Boredom Proneness Among College Students
Keywords:
Gaming Addiction, Sensation seeking, boredom proneness, adventurous tasks, college studentsAbstract
Background: Gaming addiction is a leisure time activity that further leads to a behavioural addiction
which cause or effect our daily living. The study helps to identify why people have an interest in gaming and also
their peek interests in adventurous tasks or why they are easily prone to boredom. Mostly youngsters are the one
who tries to experiment things even not caring about them, one such thing is gaming and also their boredom
proneness and sensation seeking nature. By understanding the impact of gaming and their behaviours we can easily
avoid the pathological conditions or abnormal behaviours that can be caused due to this. Aim: The present research
aims at understanding the relationship between gaming addiction, sensation seeking and Boredom proneness among
college students. Method: Gaming Addiction Scale (GAS), Arnett’s Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS) and
Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) were administered to 100 individuals (50 male, 50 female). Results: Results
revealed a positive correlation between gaming addiction, sensation seeking and boredom proneness. Conclusion:
Gaming addiction has a great impact on sensation seeking and boredom proneness.
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