• HARSHVARDHAN P. RATHWA
• Ms. Hiral Bhardiya

The rapid growth of online gaming among adolescents has raised concerns regarding its influence on mental health and behavioural outcomes. Excessive engagement in online games may contribute to anxiety and violent behavior, affecting adolescents’ psychosocial development and academic functioning. INTRODUCTION The internet game is developed that is got to play accidentally or deliberately through the online platform or another network mode. It is described as participatory gaming consoles with the primary goal of entertainment. Kids and adolescents are great fans of playing online games. Mobile phone games allow players to interact with virtual settings in 2D or 3D, subject to the limits and circumstances of each game. Internet gaming, like every digital medium, can be divided into categories. This classification is based on a variety of factors, including how the game should be played and how it interacts with other players. There are also many types of internet matches being played from around worldwide, such as activity, adventures, combat, platformer, race, role-playing, shooting, simulations, athletics, and management. The issues about using these videogames have grown as a result of the constant demand for improvement in games online and their strategies. OBJECTIVES 1. The purpose of this study was to see how internet gaming affected stress in teenagers from different schools. 2. To assess the impact of online gaming on violent behaviors among adolescents of selected schools. 3. To find correlation between anxiety and violent behavior related to online gaming among adolescents of selected schools. 4. To find association between demographic variables and anxiety related to online gaming among adolescents of selected schools. 5. To find association between demographic variables and violent behavior related to online gaming among adolescents of selected schools.   RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A quantitative descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A total of 400 adolescents from selected schools of Tilakwada Taluka were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured online gaming addiction scale, Beck’s Anxiety Inventory, and a violence behavior assessment scale. The reliability of the tools was established through the test–retest method (r = 0.82, 0.84, and 0.83 respectively). Descriptive and inferential statistics, including Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient and chi-square test, were used for data analysis.

Online gaming, adolescents, anxiety, violent behaviour, internet addiction, nursing research

"A CORRELATIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OFONLINE GAMING ON ANXIETY AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN THE SELECTED SCHOOLS IN TILAKWADA TALUKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no.b381-b389, February-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2602150.pdf

"A CORRELATIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OFONLINE GAMING ON ANXIETY AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN THE SELECTED SCHOOLS IN TILAKWADA TALUKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no. ppb381-b389, February-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2602150.pdf