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Research Study – Published: December 06, 2022
Influence of Gender, Residence and Type of Family on the Gaming Addiction and Academic Achievement of High
School Students
Dr. Saikumari, K.
ABSTRACT
The research paper deals with the influence of the independent variable of gaming addiction upon the
dependent variable academic achievement among the high school students. The influence of subgroup
variables such as gender, locality of residence and type of family on gaming addiction and academic
achievement among high school students was also investigated. The sample included high school
students from Government, Government-aided and Corporation schools located in and around Chennai
district. The standardized tool, Game Addiction Scale developed by Jeroen Lemmens, Patti M.
Valkenburg and Jochen Peter (2009), was used to study gaming addiction among high school students.
The findings revealed that gender, locality of residence, and type of family did not have a
significant influence on gaming addiction, whereas type of school management had a significant
influence on gaming addiction.
Keywords: Gaming addiction, Attitude towards Physical Education, Academic achievement
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Saikumari, K. (2022).
Influence of gender, residence and type of family on the gaming addiction and academic achievement
of high school students.
Indian Educational Researcher, 15
(2), 3–14.
Received: October 14, 2022;
Revision Received: November 19, 2022;
Accepted: December 06, 2022.
Responding Author: Saikumari, K. @ saikumari@gmail.com
Article Overview: ISSN: 0974-2123 |
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Published in Volume 15, Issue 2, July – December, 2022
