Leisure Boredom, Loneliness and Self-Control in Women Candy Crush Gamers

The purpose of this study was to observe whether there are any age differences in women candy crush users and addicts in terms of leisure boredom, loneliness and self-control and whether there is any relationship between leisure boredom, loneliness and self-control among young and middle-aged women candy crush gamers. A sample of 120 young and middle-aged women candy crush gamers, selected through a purposive sampling technique, the participants responded to the Internet game addiction questionnaire candy crush scale (Young, 1991), Leisure boredom Scale (Iso-Ahola & Weissinger, 1990), UCLA Loneliness Scale - version 3 (Russell, 1996) and Brief Self-control Scale (BSCS) (Tangney et al. , 2004). The results revealed that there was significant difference between young and middle-aged woman candy crush gamers with respect to leisure boredom and loneliness (pless than0.05). There was a negative correlation between leisure boredom and self-control among young women candy crush gamers (pless than0.05). There was a significant relationship between leisure boredom and loneliness among the middle-aged women candy crush gamers (pless than0.01). It was also found that there was significant relationship between loneliness and self-control among the middle-aged women candy crush gamers (pless than0.05). This study highlights the importance of encouraging women to enjoy a rich variety of activities which would serve to enhance their productivity, success and well-being.