Unveiling Bias: Discriminatory Practices And Gendered Experiences Of Female Adolescents In Online Gaming
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As the world of online gaming expands, there are various challenges that have been addressed by researchers to overcome the complexities faced by the individuals involved. The number of female gamers have substantially increased in the last few years with a number of adolescent girls considering online gaming as a recreational activity. This has brought with it a number of challenges including the fixing of different levels of gender-based discrimination in the online gaming community. This study has focused on understanding these experiences and the impact that it is equal to calls on the gaming disorder levels of adolescent girls especially. The quantitative approach undertaken in the study here is able to generate many interesting results that can help in the literature and allow everyone to understand more about gender discrimination in online gaming. The 600 girls enquired in the study have been able to provide responses that helped in arriving at the conclusion of the study. The relation between the gender based discrimination and gaming disorder levels using a regression model shows a significant association. There is around 9% of variance caused on the gaming disorder levels by every such experience. Although the gaming disorder levels are low at present, with such experiences, the chances of it to go higher would be more.
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