Interplay of Sensation Seeking, Narcissism and Online Gaming in Adolescents

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Rajani and Sonia Malik (Department Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Playing online games has grown in importance among teenagers and adults as a kind of entertainment. Gamers spend more time gaming than planning while ignoring other important activities. This problematic use of online games causes negative effects in their day-to-day life. The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship of sensation seeking and narcissism with problematic usage of online games among adolescents. The study was conducted on 300 male and female adolescents within the age range of 13-19 years. Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire, Sensation seeking and Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children- Revised were used to collect the data for the present study. Data was computed using Pearson product-moment correlation. Results revealed that sensation seeking and narcissism were found to be positively and significantly associated with problematic usage of online games.