An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing?

Abendroth, Adrian; Parry, Douglas A.; Roux, Daniel B. le; Gundlach, Jana

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_18

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“…Given this, it is critical to understand that the quality of the evidence underlying possible classifications of video game play as potentially psychopathological has been criticized strongly. Many experts have argued that there is insufficient evidence that gaming disorder definitions and diagnostic tools meet clinical standards [15,[17][18][19][20][21][22]. Excessive use has been flagged as a key criterion for many gaming disorder definitions, yet researchers exclusively operationalize excessive use by way of selfreported estimates.…”

Section: Video Game Behaviourmentioning

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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

2021

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People have never played more video games, and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate data to test whether these worries are justified and if policymakers should act to regulate video game play time. We attempt to provide much-needed evidence with adequate data. Whereas previous research had to rely on self-reported play behaviour, we collaborated with two games companies, Electronic Arts and Nintendo of America, to obtain players' actual play behaviour. We surveyed players of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons for their well-being, motivations and need satisfaction during play, and merged their responses with telemetry data (i.e. logged game play). Contrary to many fears that excessive play time will lead to addiction and poor mental health, we found a small positive relation between game play and affective well-being. Need satisfaction and motivations during play did not interact with play time but were instead independently related to well-being. Our results advance the field in two important ways. First, we show that collaborations with industry partners can be done to high academic standards in an ethical and transparent fashion. Second, we deliver much-needed evidence to policymakers on the link between play and mental health.

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Section: Video Game Behaviourmentioning

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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

2021

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“…Given this, it is critical to understand that the quality of the evidence underlying possible classifications of video game play as potentially psychopathological has been criticised strongly. Many experts have argued that there is insufficient evidence that gaming disorder definitions and diagnostic tools meet clinical standards (Aarseth et al, 2016;Abendroth et al, 2020;Bean et al, 2017;Carras et al, 2020;Kardefelt-Winther et al, 2017;Zastrow, 2017). Excessive use has been flagged as a key criterion for many gaming disorder definitions, yet researchers exclusively operationalise excessive use by way of self-reported estimates.…”

Section: Video Game Behaviourmentioning

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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

Johannes¹,

Vuorre²,

Przybylski³

2020

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People have never played more video games and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate data to test whether these worries are justified and if policymakers should act to regulate video game play time. We attempt to provide much-needed evidence with adequate data. Whereas previous research had to rely on self-reported play behaviour, we collaborated with two games companies, Electronic Arts and Nintendo of America, to obtain players’ actual play behaviour. We surveyed players of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons for their well-being, motivations, and need satisfaction during play and merged their responses with telemetry data (i.e., logged game play). Contrary to many fears that excessive game time will lead to addiction and poor mental health, we found a small positive relation between game play and well-being. Need satisfaction and motivations during play did not interact with game time but were instead independently related to well-being. Our results advance the field in two important ways. First, we show that collaborations with industry partners can be done to high academic standards in an ethical and transparent fashion. Second, we deliver much-needed evidence to policymakers on the link between play and mental health.

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“…In addition to using self-report measures of media use quantity or duration, researchers frequently use self-report measures of problematic media use (e.g., technology-related addictions or other conceptions of problematic media use) as proxies for general use (Davidson et al, 2020b;Ellis et al, 2019;Ellis, 2019). These problematic media use scales frequently include items that concern cognitive or affective responses to, or motivations for media use alongside items assessing media use quantity or duration (Abendroth et al, 2020). As such, recent work suggests that these measures may be more representative of general traits than of media use (Ellis, 2019, p. 61).…”

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrepancies Between Logged and Self- Reported Digital Media Use

Parry¹,

Davidson²,

Sewall³

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The influence of digital media on personal and social well-being is a question of immense public and academic interest. Scholars in this domain often use retrospective self-report measures of the quantity or duration of media use as a proxy for more objective measures, but the validity of these self-report measures remains unclear. Recent advancements in log-based data collection techniques have produced a growing collection of studies indexing both self-reported media use and device-logged measurements. Herein, we report a meta-analysis of this body of research. Based on 104 effect sizes, we found that self-reported media use was only moderately correlated with device-logged measurements, and that these self-report measures were rarely an accurate reflection of logged media use. These results demonstrate that self-reported measures of the quantity or duration of media use are not a valid index of the amount of time people actually spend using media. These findings have serious implications for the study of media use and well- being, suggesting that cautiousness is warranted in drawing conclusions regarding media effects from studies relying solely on self-reported measures of media use.

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An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing?

Cited by 11 publications

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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrepancies Between Logged and Self- Reported Digital Media Use

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