Gamers Revealed: Peer Attachment and Family Bonds as Predictors of Adolescent Online Video Gaming Addiction in District Sialkot, Pakistan

Abstract

Globalization has intertwined technology and online gaming on a large scale in the modern-day world. Excessive video gaming has resulted in developing problems among individuals on a global scale as well as within Pakistan. The current research examined how family bonds and peer relationships impact addiction to online video gaming among male and female adolescents of district Sialkot, Pakistan. A quantitative positivist research design was employed to examine the influence of family bonds and peer attachment in online video gaming among adolescents. There were 370 graduate respondents to the study. For the interpretation of results, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used. The outcome indicated a significant relationship between family bonds and online video gaming addiction (𝛽= .242, 𝜌<0.05). Furthermore, research showed peer attachment as a significant predictor of online video game addiction (𝛽= .061, 𝜌<0.05). The study’s results hold significance for the assessment and identification of excessive online video gaming addiction among adolescents as there has been no such research conducted with the current demography before.