الآثار الإدمانية للألعاب الالكترونية : لعبة Pubg نموذجا دراسة ميدانية على عينة من المراهقين

Abstract EN

The current study aims to examine the addictive effects of electronic games - the PUBG game as a model - on a sample of adolescents who used to play it.

It also aims to investigate addiction differences in respect to gender and game- playing duration.

The researcher relied on the descriptive method in studying the subject.

A questionnaire about, "the addictive effects of electronic games, "PUBG Game'', is applied by the researcher, consisting of five main areas: Disengagement, lack of control, excessive use, obsession, over-enthusiasm and impulsive use.

After verifying its psychometric properties, the questionnaire targeted a sample of Eighty respondents, forty-eight males and Thirty two females among about 700 players belonging to a Facebook group designed for PUBG players.

They were randomly selected using simple random sampling method.

The sample was chosen in this way due to the easy access to a specific sample that has certain characteristics, namely (playing the game continuously and for more than one playing season).

There search found that: • There is high addiction to the game among adolescents, in all five areas of questionnaire (Disengagement, lack of control, excessive use, obsession, over-enthusiasm and impulsive use).

• There are no significant gender differences in addicting to the game, in all five areas of the study.

• There are no significant differences between professionals and beginners in addicting to the game in all five areas of the study.