• tania sharma
• sonia sharma

Introduction : Digital games can have various negative impact on the gaming addicts, such as impairment of social relationships, behavior problems, failure to fulfill role obligations at school and at home, violating school rules and psychological problems. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the problematic digital gaming behavior and its relation to bio-psychosocial health among adolescents of selected areas of district Mohali, Punjab. Methods: A quantitative approach with co-relational non-experimental research design was adopted by convenient sampling technique in which 200 adolescents of selected areas of district Mohali were selected. Gaming addiction scale was used to assess the level of problematic digital gaming behavior and self-structured rating scale was used to assess the relation of problematic digital gaming behavior on the bio-psychosocial health of adolescents. The data was collected, organized, tabulated and analyzed by descriptive statistics such as mean, median, frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and inferential statistics such as chi-square & fisher‘s exact test on the basis of the objectives of the study was used for finding. Results: Majority 117(59%) of adolescents were having severe level of problematic digital gaming behavior. out of three aspects, problematic digital gaming were having more relation with biological health as compare to psychological and social health respectively. there was moderate positive co-relation (0.34) between the problematic digital gaming behavior and its relation to bio-psychosocial health of adolescents. Conclusion: Adolescents were having problematic digital gaming behavior, which is having relation on their bio-psychosocial health. There was significant association found between problematic digital gaming behaviors.

Keyword: Problematic digital gaming behavior, relation, bio-psychosocial health, adolescents.

"A co-relational study to assess the problematic digital gaming behavior and its relation to bio-psychosocial health among adolescents of selected areas of district Mohali, Punjab.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.c123-c131, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204219.pdf

"A co-relational study to assess the problematic digital gaming behavior and its relation to bio-psychosocial health among adolescents of selected areas of district Mohali, Punjab.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppc123-c131, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204219.pdf