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    Game addiction, attachment
    (UMT.Lahore, 2019) Easha Ejaz:; Hafiz Umair; Zunaira Rasheed
    Game addiction become an ever-increasing part of many adults' lives. The excessive game playing denominated as game addiction. Which have been discussed in this recent research. The aim of the present study was the investigation of the addictive prospective of gaming as well as the relationship between game addictions, sensation seeking, attachment style and borderline personality traits. The sample comprised of 150 participants. The age range of participants was 18 - 25 years and sample strategy is non probability purposive sample was used. The adult game addiction scale (AGAS), Adult Attachment scale (AAS), sensation seeking inventory (SSI) and borderline personality inventory (BPI) was used in this study. The findings show that Positive correlation existed between more time spending on games and Borderline Personality tendencies. Moreover, more time spend on video games was found to be positively associated with video game addiction. Video game addiction score was found to be positively associated with sensation seeking scale scores. Positive correlation existed between sensation seeking scale scores and sensation seeking subscale "Novelty" scores. The results of regression analysis revealed that Sensation seeking was found to be negative sigmficant predictor of Borderline Personality tendencies whereas Video game addiction engagement was found to be significant and positive predictor of Borderline personality tendencies