Impact of PUBG Game Addiction on Social Isolation and Narcissistic Tendencies among Gamers

Maria Waris Nawaz

Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi, Campus, Pakistan.

Tooba Nadeem

Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi, Campus, Pakistan.

Sana Liaqat Rao

Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi, Campus, Pakistan.

Tahira Fatima

Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi, Campus, Pakistan.

Sidra Shoaib

Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi, Campus, Pakistan.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-4879

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/journal.500.2020.73.166.172

Keywords: PUBG Game addiction, Social isolation, Narcissistic tendencies, Gamers.


Abstract

The current research aimed to explore the relationship of PUBG game addiction with narcissistic tendencies and social isolation in gamers. For this correlation survey based research the data was conveniently collected from PUBG gamers (N= 101) age ranging from 13-30 years through online response method. The instruments included Online Game Addiction Scale (Kim, Namkoong, Ku, & Kim, 2008) Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Raskin & Hall, 1981) and Measures of Social Isolation (Zavaleta, Samuel, & Mills, 2017) for testing the hypothesis. According to the yielded results, an excellent reliability of these measures was established. The results also indicated that online game addiction, social isolation and narcissistic tendencies among PUBG game players are negatively correlated (<.05). It was concluded that online games do carry positive aspects of enhancing social skills and interactions among the players, while helping them exhibit behaviors and emotions that are not coherent with narcissistic tendencies. This paper also carries implications for families, friends, teachers and therapists of online gamers, who may use the findings to understand some of the positive aspects of playing online games.

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