“…When relevant studies are examined, although some researchers suggest that there is no significant difference between male and female gaming addiction (Colwell et al, 1995;Kim et al, 2008), other studies have consistently shown that males are more likely to experience problematic gaming and gaming addiction (Bonanno & Kommers, 2005;Ekinci et al, 2019;Greenberg et al, 2008;Kanat, 2019;Phillips et al, 1995;Saunders et al, 2017). The possible explanation for these findings are that men are heavier game users than women, gaming is perceived as male activity (Bonanno & Kommers, 2005;Fox & Tang, 2014;Kanat, 2019;Lopez-Fernandez et al, 2019), men are more impulsive (Ahrends, 2017), and based on selfdetermination theory, gaming offers the possibility to satisfy basic human needs such as autonomy and competence, particularly among men (Dursun & Capan, 2018;Reinecke et al, 2012). However, Lopez-Fernandez et al (2019) note that although gaming addiction studies generally focus on male gamers, there is an increasing number of female gamers.…”