Gender Comparative Patterns of Online Gaming Among University Students

• Published in: Springer Proceedings in Physics
• Main Author: Jamil N.I.; Soo K.Y.; Ismail N.; Abdullah M.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85195295385&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-99-2850-7_13&partnerID=40&md5=10550267f8f134160b809c6017ce142d

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to more online learning among students, hence providing greater access to online devices which also intensify their online gaming activities to the point of addiction. This study investigates undergraduate students’ gender differences in online gaming behavior as well as their perception of the positive and negative implications of online gaming on their academic performance. This quantitative study was conducted using online survey approach. The data was primarily collected through online questionnaires using the Google Form platform. After the data was collected in Google Form, it was screened and transferred to SPSS for analysis. Thereafter, descriptive statistics and a comparison of means were used to achieve the objectives of this study. The main objective is to investigate gender differences in online gaming behavior. In contrast to previous studies that showed male students’ tendency to be more addicted to online gaming, this study revealed that male and female students did not show a significant difference in this aspect. This study also sheds some light on their online gaming behavior with both negative and positive implications for online learning. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023