IMPACT OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ON ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOME OF INTERNET GAMING ADDICTION (IGA) AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of motivational interviewing on attitude and behavioural outcome among adolescents regarding IGA at selected schools of Patiala city of Punjab. METHODS: This was an experimental research design with two group pre-test post-test control group design. The samples were recruited by opting probability sampling technique. The study samples were the adolescents with age group of 15 to 18 years old who have met the eligibility criteria. Total 300 adolescents were recruited based on power analysis. The research instruments were the Structured Attitude Rating Scale on I GA (SARS-IGA) and Structured Behavioural Outcome check list on IGA (SBOC-IGA). The collected data were organised logically and data was analysed by SPSS-22. RESULTS: The mean difference of experimental group was 18.89 while in control group it was 2.96. F ratio identified as 10.10 which reflected that among both the group, there is significant difference in terms of attitude of adolescents regarding internet gaming addiction. The mean difference of experimental group was 12.80 while in control group it was 4.27. F ratio identified as 10.40 which reflected that among both the group, there is significant difference in terms of behavioural outcome of adolescents regarding internet gaming addiction. The finding suggested that the provided motivational interviewing technique is effective to enhance attitude and behavioural outcome of IGA victims. CONCLUSION: findings of the study suggested that internet gaming disorder or dependency has reached to significant level and motivational interviewing is helping adolescents to improve their attitudes and enhanced their behaviour outcome regarding internet gaming disorders.