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http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-189
Authors: | Heiden, Juliane M. von der Braun, Beate Müller, Kai Egloff, Boris |
Title: | The association between video gaming and psychological functioning |
Online publication date: | 14-Aug-2019 |
Year of first publication: | 2019 |
Language: | english |
Abstract: | Video gaming is an extremely popular leisure-time activity with more than two billion users worldwide (newzoo, 2017). However, the media as well as professionals have underscored the potential dangers of excessive video gaming. With the present research, we aimed to shed light on the relation between video gaming and gamers’ psychological functioning. Questionnaires on personality and psychological health as well as video gaming habits were administered to 2,734 individuals (2,377 male, 357 female, Mage = 23.06, SDage = 5.91). Results revealed a medium-sized relation between intense video gaming and poor psychological functioning with regard to psychological symptoms, affectivity, coping, and self-esteem. Moreover, gamers’ reasons for playing and their preferred game genres were differentially related to psychological functioning with the most notable findings for distraction-motivated players as well as action game players. Future studies are needed to examine whether these psychological health risks reflect the causes or consequences of video gaming. |
DDC: | 150 Psychologie 150 Psychology |
Institution: | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Department: | FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport FB 04 Medizin |
Place: | Mainz |
ROR: | https://ror.org/023b0x485 |
DOI: | http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-189 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-591805 |
Version: | Published version |
Publication type: | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
License: | CC BY |
Information on rights of use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Journal: | Frontiers in psychology 10 |
Pages or article number: | Art. 1731 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
Publisher place: | Lausanne |
Issue date: | 2019 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
Publisher URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01731 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01731 |
Appears in collections: | JGU-Publikationen |