The Impact Of Online Gaming On Anxiety And Stress Among Unimas Students

• Main Author: Norismadiana, Mahari
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43123/1/NORISMADIANA%20MAHARI%20%2824pgs%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43123/8/NORISMADIANA%20MAHARI%20%28Fulltext%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43123/

This study aimed to determine the impact of online gaming on the anxiety and stress of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) students. The quantitative survey method was used, and the survey questionnaires were distributed to a sample of university students in UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. There were a total of 40 answered questionnaires collected. The data was analyzed using version 26.0 of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Based on the reliability analysis, the instruments used in this study have been proven to be reliable. By using the Independent t-test, it indicates that there is no significant difference in the anxiety level in terms of the gender of online game users, and there is no significant difference in the stress level in terms of the gender of online game users. Besides, by using the Spearman Correlation, it indicates that there is no significant relationship between the online game usage and their anxiety level, and there is also no significant relationship between the online game usage and their stress level. Apart from that, the findings implied that the anxiety and stress levels are similar for both genders, and the online game usage does not affect UNIMAS students’ anxiety and stresslevels. Future researchers should conduct similar research with a larger number of samples, include respondents from other universities, and use both quantitative and qualitative methods to improve this study.