Mobile gaming and Internet addiction: When is playing no longer just fun and games?

Haberlin, Karin; Atkin, David

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.106989

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“…First, this study adds to the literature of addictive behavior by exploring the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to vape or not to vape. Even though studies have explored the motivations for different addictive behaviors such as alcohol (Paswan et al , 2015), prescription medications (Boyd et al , 2006) and internet addiction (Haberlin and Atkin, 2022), there is limited research on young adults vaping behavior. Further, the research on alternative to smoking as a reason for vaping has been somewhat ambivalent, and the results of this study show that young adults who vape as an alternative to smoking will have a higher intention to quit vaping eventually.…”

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Vaping among youth: reasons, realization and intention to quit

Thapa

Pandey

Panda

et al. 2022

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Purpose Vaping has become a prominent public health problem that has impacted young adults. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the effects of different intrinsic and extrinsic motivations on young adults’ realization of excessive vaping and their intention to quit vaping. Design/methodology/approach A survey was used to collect data from 232 young vapers (primarily Generation Z and Millennials) to test the hypothesized relationships using a covariance-based structural equation model. Findings The findings of this study suggest that “realization of excessive vaping” is negatively associated with “sensation seeking” and positively associated with “deal proneness,” “environmental cues” and “negative repercussion.” The “intention to quit vaping” is negatively associated with “marketing cues” and positively associated with “alternative to smoking” and “environmental cues.” Finally, the “realization of excessive vaping” is positively associated with “intention to quit vaping.” Originality/value This study takes a two-dimensional approach to understand the complex motivations behind a relatively new addictive behavior – vaping. It contributes to the literature of addictive behavior, social cognitive theory and theory of planned behavior. Further, it has important implications for public policy and the marketing of addictive products to youths.

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Vaping among youth: reasons, realization and intention to quit

Thapa

Pandey

Panda

et al. 2022

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“…The main manifestations of Internet addiction are out-of-control working hours, interactive gaming addictions, compulsive behaviors, withdrawal symptoms, and related Internet-dependence symptoms ( Young, 2006 ). Recent studies have shown that mobile online game addiction, as a new type of online game addiction, has aroused people’s attention and has been studied as an independent object; this addiction has a significant positive correlation with loneliness, anxiety, and depression ( Haberlin and Atkin, 2022 ). Researchers have suggested that rejection, denial, severe punishment, as well as lack of emotion, understanding, and communication are important causes for college students’ addiction to online games.…”

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Impact of Mobile Game Addiction Tendency on Chinese University Students: A Hierarchical Linear Modeling Study

Gan

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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This study used hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to investigate the differences in mobile game addiction tendencies among universities (i.e., double first-class universities, ordinary colleges and universities, and higher vocational colleges), and to examine the influencing factors of mobile game addiction tendency at the individual and university levels. The participants of this study were 4,024 college students who completed the Chinese Mobile Phone Game Addiction Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect Scale. Loneliness (β = 0.052), positive emotions (β = −0.126), negative emotions (β = 0.232), and double first-class universities (γ = 0.368) significantly predicted mobile game addiction tendencies. A significant cross-level interaction between double first-class universities and other factors (i.e., positive emotions, negative emotions, and mobile game addiction) was observed. The novelty of this study is that it distinguishes the various effects of mobile phone addiction tendency at the individual and university levels.

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“…This theory indicated that the level of game use is predicted by the strength of player motivations determining such uses [ 90 ] and seeking media for gratifications of companionship is considered to be the strongest motivation predictor for media addiction [ 91 ]. In other words, using video games to escape reality, cope with stress, and seek companionship may lead to video game addiction [ 92 ]. The present study confirmed that social anxiety and parasocial relationships serve significant mediating roles between relational victimization and video game addiction.…”

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Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Niu

Jin

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Video game addiction, a common behavioral problem among college students, has been more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic; at the same time, females’ video game usage has also attracted considerable research attention. Against this background and under the perspective of social interaction, this study aimed to examine the relationship between relational victimization and video game addiction among female college students, as well as its underlying mechanism—the mediating roles of social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters. Female college students (N = 437) were recruited to complete a set of questionnaires voluntarily in June 2022. Through the mediating effect analysis, the results found that (1) relational victimization was positively associated with female college students’ video game addiction; (2) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters could independently mediate this relation; (3) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters were also the serial mediators in this association. These findings not only expand previous studies by revealing the social motivation of video game usage and the underlying mechanism accounting for video game addiction, but also provide basis and guidance for the prevention and intervention of video game addiction in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mobile gaming and Internet addiction: When is playing no longer just fun and games?

Cited by 30 publications

References 43 publications

Vaping among youth: reasons, realization and intention to quit

Vaping among youth: reasons, realization and intention to quit

Impact of Mobile Game Addiction Tendency on Chinese University Students: A Hierarchical Linear Modeling Study

Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

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