Negative Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Internet Gaming Disorder: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Coping and the Moderating Effect of Passion

Mills, Devin J.; Li, Wen; Marchica, Loredana

doi:10.22158/wjssr.v6n1p45

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“…Overall, the problematic online gaming might be defined as a complex psychological health condition which involves a feature of everyday life activities with potential negative outcomes. Indeed, although online gaming might offer an alternative context in which individuals can experiment personal social competences, reducing stress, problems, and isolation through online social interactions [16][17][18][19]30], it might concurrently limit social experiences in face-to-face contexts when the online life starts to overshadow the offline one [23,80,94,106]. Consequently, following the theoretical work of Caplan [7], some gamers might find refuge in online games with decreasing depressive symptoms, social anxiety, and loneliness, whereas, in other gamers' experiences, these correlates might increase, ensuring online socialization but failing in providing the needed face-to-face interactions.…”

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“…Among the Internet-related activities, specific structural characteristics of gaming (such as design and narrative, achievements, online social interactions, and motivations) appeared particularly fascinating for individuals who attempt to escape the boredom of common life [15]. Indeed, videogames seem to help individuals to escape real life and reduce stress, problems, and isolation also through online social interactions [16][17][18][19]. In this regard, according to the compensatory Internet use model [20••], online videogames might offer other alternative virtual environments where highly socially anxious individuals transfer most of their social activities (such as the formation of strong friendships), alleviate their stressful life event-related negative feelings, and feel safer and more comfortable than in face-to-face socialization [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, several recent studies explored the association between problematic online gaming and social anxiety as well as depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and loneliness [24][25][26][27][28][29]. Indeed, despite online gaming might offer an alternative context in which individuals can reduce emotional distress, psychosocial problems, and isolation through online social interactions [16][17][18][19]30], the excessive engagement in online gaming might represent a maladaptive coping strategy leading to negative outcomes [31][32][33].…”

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Evidence on Problematic Online Gaming and Social Anxiety over the Past Ten Years: a Systematic Literature Review

Gioia

Colella

2022

Curr Addict Rep

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Purpose of Review The present study aimed to review the literature concerning the relationship between problematic online gaming (POG) and social anxiety, taking into account the variables implicated in this relationship. This review included studies published between 2010 and 2020 that were indexed in major databases with the following keywords: Internet gaming, disorder, addiction, problematic, social phobia, and social anxiety. Recent Findings In recent years, scientific interest in POG has grown dramatically. Within this prolific research field, difficulties associated with social anxiety have been increasingly explored in relation to POG. Indeed, evidence showed that individuals who experience social anxiety are more exposed to the risk of developing an excessive or addictive gaming behavior. Summary A total of 30 studies satisfied the initial inclusion criteria and were included in the present literature review. Several reviewed studies found a strong association between social anxiety and online gaming disorder. Furthermore, the relationships among social anxiety, POG, age, and psychosocial and comorbid factors were largely explored. Overall, the present review showed that socially anxious individuals might perceive online video games as safer social environments than face-to-face interactions, predisposing individuals to the POG. However, in a mutually reinforcing relationship, individuals with higher POG seem to show higher social anxiety. Therefore, despite online gaming might represent an activity able to alleviate psychopathological symptoms and/or negative emotional states, people might use online gaming to counterbalance distress or negative situations in everyday life, carrying out a maladaptive coping strategy.

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Evidence on Problematic Online Gaming and Social Anxiety over the Past Ten Years: a Systematic Literature Review

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2022

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“…Finally, there are a wide variety of variables that can be measured to establish links between IGD and impairment/distress, such as need satisfaction (Allen & Anderson, 2018), life satisfaction (Mills et al, 2019), externalising problems and more. In the secondary data used in this paper, no fewer than 21 different aspects of well-being were measured across the various studies, which can make straightforward comparison challenging.…”

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“Clinically significant distress” in internet gaming disorder: An individual participant meta-analysis

Ballou

Zendle

2022

Computers in Human Behavior

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Although the validity of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in the DSM-5 hinges on a relationship between 5 or more IGD symptoms and "clinically significant impairment and/or distress", to date most studies have focused on statistical significance. To address this, we conduct an individual participant meta-analysis comprised of primary data from 15 studies (n = 38,851). Study 1 finds that meeting the DSM-5's proposed 5/9 diagnostic threshold is associated with d = .65 greater distress across 21 well-being constructs, which exceeds a conservative anchor for clinical significance. However, we also find that classifying participants above and below the 5/9 threshold has little power to reject that threshold: a 2/9 cut-off predicts similarly large differences. Study 2 shows that dimensional (continuous) modelling of IGD scores offers a more severe test of the proposed threshold. Finally, study 3 reveals that three criteria-preoccupation, tolerance, and loss of control-are roughly half as predictive of distress as withdrawal and escapism, highlighting limitations also present in dimensional modelling and suggesting the need to modify or remove these. In sum, we do not find evidence for invalidating IGD as proposed, but do identify issues with threshold-based categorization, inadequate differentiation between statistical and clinical significance, and the inclusion of potentially flawed criteria. We argue that these are possible negative consequences of a premature switch to confirmatory research on IGD.

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“…The I-PANAS-SF is designed to be suitable for use with competent but not necessarily native English speakers and excludes redundant and ambiguous items [13]. The I-PANAS-SF has also been widely used in previous studies and has demonstrated good validity and reliability [13][14][15][16][17]. However, Karim and colleagues found only partial factorial invariance of the I-PANAS-SF among French and Pakistani university students for four items ("active," "afraid," "nervous," and "upset") [18].…”

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Chinese version of the international positive and negative affect schedule short form: factor structure and measurement invariance

Liu

You

Líu

et al. 2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background: This study translated the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF) into Chinese and examined its factor structure and measurement invariance in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Methods: A sample of 4136 Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong was invited to complete a set of questionnaires. The factor structure of the I-PANA-SF was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equational modeling (ESEM). Internal consistency reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha coefficients, and nomological validity was assessed using bivariate correlations between positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) subscales with effort, worry and lack of concentration. Finally, measurement invariance across genders and grades was examined to evaluate the invariance of the I-PANAS-SF. Results: Factor structure analysis suggested that the ESEM model outperformed the CFA model. The results of ESEM analysis indicated that one item ("alert") was problematic and a 9-item two-factor measurement model with that item removed was a better fit for the data. The Cronbach's alpha values were above 0.70 (0.81 and 0.83), revealing excellent internal consistency reliability. The PA subscale was positively associated with effort and negatively associated with worry and lack of concentration. The NA subscale was negatively associated effort and positively associated with lack of concentration and worry, indicating nomological validity. Finally, measurement invariance analysis revealed strict invariance across genders and grades. Conclusions: The results of the study provide preliminary support for validity and reliability of the 9-item Chinese version of the I-PANAS-SF and suggest that it is suitable for use among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong.

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Negative Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Internet Gaming Disorder: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Coping and the Moderating Effect of Passion

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Evidence on Problematic Online Gaming and Social Anxiety over the Past Ten Years: a Systematic Literature Review

Evidence on Problematic Online Gaming and Social Anxiety over the Past Ten Years: a Systematic Literature Review

“Clinically significant distress” in internet gaming disorder: An individual participant meta-analysis

Chinese version of the international positive and negative affect schedule short form: factor structure and measurement invariance

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