EXPLORING THE CAUSES OF ONLINE GAME ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS IN QUAID-I- AZAM UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

Abstract

The current research on the students is about exploring the causes of online games at Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad. Pakistan is known for its youngest population not only in its region but across the world. Pakistan has 64 of its population under the age of 29. Pakistan, in the future will be one of the youngest countries across the world. The addiction of games among youth is dramatically increasing and the findings of different research has been found that more than 20 of total population of Pakistan is engaged in substantive heavy game addiction and adopted different ways to play and involved in some different activities. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects and causes of online games on students‟ at Quaid I Azam University. The researcher used the random sampling by collecting data from 100 respondents. Support system of ecological perspectives and the social learning theory helped researcher to know the perception of respondents who are highly involved in game addiction and which factors motivated them to engage in such activities and divert them into different activities. The research has found that 21- to 25-year-old students are most vulnerable section to game addiction. Most of the game addicts are those students that were doing their BS and MSc degree and 8 of the students were those who were enrolled in their MPhil degree. The dire effect of game addiction among student creates the loss of the responsibilities, dignity, and integrity of their character because of the game addiction