PERCEIVED INTER-PARENTAL CONFLICTS, AGGRESSION, AND PUB-G GAME ADDICTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

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Inter-parental conflicts aggression PUBG Game addiction adolescents

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WAHIDA ANJUM, RAO SHAHID, MUHAMMAD USMAN IJAZ, SAEED AHMAD WATTO, ARAB NAZ

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The objectives of the current study are to investigate the relationship between inter-parental conflicts, aggression, and Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds (PUBG), including finding out the predictors of PUBG game addiction among adolescents. Participants (N = 200) were approached through a purposive sampling technique studied in Lahore, Pakistan's government, and private colleges. The sample size was determined through an online G. Power calculator. The age ranges of the participants varied from 16-19 years, and they were enrolled in a group of humanities and social sciences. A demographic information sheet, inter-parental conflict scale, aggression questionnaire, and PUBG game addiction scale were used for the data collection. The reliability analysis results indicate a good to excellent level of internal consistency of the scales. Findings of the Person Product Moment Correlation indicate that inter-parental conflict has a highly significant positive relationship with aggression (r = .26 **) and PUBG game addiction (r = .37***), and aggression is significantly related to PUBG game addiction (r = .54***). The results of step-wise regression analysis retained the three models, accounting for 40 % of the collective variance. In that g, inter-parental conflict, aggression, and birth order significantly predicted the PUBG Game addiction among adolescents. The study's implication can be discussed in the cultural context of Pakistan by explaining the impact of modern technology on youth and how inter-parental conflict results in aggression and game addiction.

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WAHIDA ANJUM, RAO SHAHID, MUHAMMAD USMAN IJAZ, SAEED AHMAD WATTO, ARAB NAZ

1DR. WAHIDA ANJUM, 2DR. RAO SHAHID, 3MUHAMMAD USMAN IJAZ, 4 DR. SAEED AHMAD WATTO, & 5 PROF. DR. ARAB NAZ

  1. Assistant Professor/ HOD, Department of Psychology Lahore Leads University. 
  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur IUB. 
  3. D. Scholar at the Department of Media and Communication Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur IUB. 
  4. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Lahore Leads University. 
  5. Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Malakand, Chakdara Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

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