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ADDICTION TOWARDS ONLINE GAMES AND ITS IMPACT ON ADOLESCENTS: A CONCEPTUAL STUDY
Ms. Nirmal, Dr. Priyanka Ostwal
Page No. : 79-83
ABSTRACT
Every coin has two sides. In the same way, every aspect of our life has its own pros and cons. Technology these days is making human wok process more comfortable and easier. It has impacted human life in a every possible way. This paper tries to analyse the most common and biggest addictive habit of playing online games on Adolescents. Using structured questionnaire method, it was found that more than 70% of children prefer playing online games over offline and the most commonly used device used to play games is mobile phones. It was also found that the addiction is impacting day to day life of the respondents. This also leads to increase in communication gap between children and parents in families. These problems can be easily tackled with proper counselling of children and their parents. The game addict should be treated with respect to help them to come out of this addiction as soon as possible.
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