A Study on Online Gaming and Its Effect on Emotional Regulation – Online Survey
Poornima Khadanga, Madhavi Rairikar, Gaurav Pawar, Gomati Nadadgalli

TL;DR
This study explores how problematic online gaming relates to difficulties in regulating emotions, finding a significant association between the two.
Contribution
The study provides new evidence linking problematic online gaming with specific emotional regulation challenges.
Findings
19.4% of participants showed signs of problematic online gaming.
Problematic gamers scored higher in emotional regulation difficulties compared to non-problematic gamers.
A strong positive correlation was found between problematic gaming and emotional regulation subdomains.
Abstract
Aims: The study aimed to study the prevalence of problematic online gaming and find out association between problematic gaming with domains of emotional regulation. Methods: An online survey questionnaire was created by the researchers after approval and validation from experts and sent through various social media platforms. Those who did not consent for the study were excluded. The questionnaire included basic sociodemographic details and questions taken from two scales – (i) Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire SF for identifying problematic online gaming and (ii) Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS-18) to identify domains of emotional regulation. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. Results: 108 participants reverted with the completed forms, out of which, 69.4% were regularly engaged in online gaming, 19.4% fell…
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Taxonomy
TopicsImpact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology
