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Sharifi Fard S A, Asadi F, Ali Babaei G, Kermani A, nabizadeh S. Comparing the Components of Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Intelligence in Players with and Without Computer Game Addiction in Secondary School Students of Alborz City: A Descriptive Study. JRUMS 2024; 23 (2) :169-182
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MSc. General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.
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Background and Objectives: Computer games have become an important part of teenagers' lives. These games have positive and negative consequences, including addiction. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the components of psychological well-being and emotional intelligence in players with and without addiction to computer games.
Materials and Methods: The present research method is descriptive and the statistical population included all the students of secondary schools (second period) in the academic year of 1401-1402 in Alborz City; from this population, first, by multi-stage random cluster method and then by purposive method and by implementing a Game Addiction Scale (Game Addiction Scale; GAS-7) on computer game players, 112 participants were selected as the target sample (56 participants with addiction and 56 participants without addiction). After removing incomplete and outlier data, 51 participants remained in each group (102 in total). In addition to GAS-7, Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (RPWS-18) and Wong Law’s Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS-16) were also implemented. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test was used for the final analysis of the data.
Results: The results showed that addicted players scored significantly less in all psychological well-being components than the comparison group (p<0.001). Also, they obtained lower scores in the use and regulation of emotions (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results, players with addiction had weaker psychological well-being and emotional intelligence than the comparison group. Based on this, by identifying students with addiction, educational measures to improve emotional intelligence and well-being in secondary schools seem necessary.
Keywords: Computer game addiction, Psychological well-being, Emotional intelligence, Emotional regulation
Funding: This study was funded by the General Department of Education of Alborz Province.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Bu Ali Sina University approved the study (ID IR.BASU.REC.1402.005).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard and Ali Kermani
- Methodology: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Data collection: Forough Asadi and Golnaz Ali Babaei
- Formal analysis: Safdar Nabizadeh and Ali Kermani
- Supervision: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Project administration: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Writing _ original draft: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard and Forough Asadi
- Writing – review & editing: Ali Kermani
Materials and Methods: The present research method is descriptive and the statistical population included all the students of secondary schools (second period) in the academic year of 1401-1402 in Alborz City; from this population, first, by multi-stage random cluster method and then by purposive method and by implementing a Game Addiction Scale (Game Addiction Scale; GAS-7) on computer game players, 112 participants were selected as the target sample (56 participants with addiction and 56 participants without addiction). After removing incomplete and outlier data, 51 participants remained in each group (102 in total). In addition to GAS-7, Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (RPWS-18) and Wong Law’s Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS-16) were also implemented. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test was used for the final analysis of the data.
Results: The results showed that addicted players scored significantly less in all psychological well-being components than the comparison group (p<0.001). Also, they obtained lower scores in the use and regulation of emotions (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results, players with addiction had weaker psychological well-being and emotional intelligence than the comparison group. Based on this, by identifying students with addiction, educational measures to improve emotional intelligence and well-being in secondary schools seem necessary.
Keywords: Computer game addiction, Psychological well-being, Emotional intelligence, Emotional regulation
Funding: This study was funded by the General Department of Education of Alborz Province.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Bu Ali Sina University approved the study (ID IR.BASU.REC.1402.005).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard and Ali Kermani
- Methodology: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Data collection: Forough Asadi and Golnaz Ali Babaei
- Formal analysis: Safdar Nabizadeh and Ali Kermani
- Supervision: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Project administration: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard
- Writing _ original draft: Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard and Forough Asadi
- Writing – review & editing: Ali Kermani
Keywords: Computer game addiction, Psychological well-being, Emotional intelligence, Emotional regulation
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry
Received: 2024/05/14 | Accepted: 2024/06/5 | Published: 2024/06/21
Received: 2024/05/14 | Accepted: 2024/06/5 | Published: 2024/06/21
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