Problematic Gaming Behaviour in Finnish Adolescents and Young Adults: Relation to Game Genres, Gaming Motives and Self-Awareness of Problematic Use

Männikkö, Niko; Billieux, Joël; Nordström, Tanja; Koivisto, Kaisa; Kääriäinen, Maria

doi:10.1007/s11469-016-9726-7

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“…The present study also found that social interaction was highly associated with disordered gaming (after controlling for age, gender, and the remaining motives in both samples). Similarly, previous studies have found that after escape/coping, the gaming motive with the next highest relationship with disordered gaming is social interaction [ 51 , 59 ]. It has been suggested that high scores in social interaction within gaming might reflect low social competence in real life, and that gaming compensates for this characteristic, resulting in disordered gaming [ 14 , 15 ].…”

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The development and validation of the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)

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Gaming motives are important factors for explaining individual differences in videogame-related behaviors. The aim of the present study was to develop a new comprehensive but brief instrument–the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)–which embraces some of the most relevant gaming motives. In a first study, a pilot exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with data from 140 undergraduates was performed on items from twelve potential motives. This identified eight main factors: recreation, social interaction, coping, violent reward, fantasy, cognitive development, customization, and competition. In Studies 2 and 3, an EFA and a confirmatory factor analysis were performed on two independent samples of 407 adolescents and 260 young adults, respectively. The VMQ presented a robust eight-factor structure, with all scales showing adequate reliability indices. In reference to criterion validity, all motives presented specific associations with hours spent playing videogames, disordered gaming, and game genre preferences. More specifically, and in both adolescents and young adults, social interaction was the main motive related to time spent gaming, whereas disordered gaming was related to both coping and social interaction motives. Based on these findings, it is concluded that the VMQ is a brief and psychometrically appropriate tool for assessing the most relevant videogaming motives.

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The development and validation of the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)

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“…As first-year middle school students were using several online game genres simultaneously, the experience of each game genre was adjusted as a covariate, and the resulting independent association was also found to be significant for RPG, simulation game, and MOBA. A previous study reported that the use of three game genres (RPG, action and adventure games), had an association with IGD [30], while MOBA was also reported as a risk factor showing an association with IGD in yet another study [31]. These results collectively point towards the potential risk of the use of RPGs and MOBA, as found significant in this study.…”

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Relationship between the experience of online game genre and high risk of Internet gaming disorder in Korean adolescents

Han

Jeong

et al. 2020

Epidemiol Health

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OBJECTIVES:This study examined the association between high risk of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and online game genres used by adolescents.METHODS: The data derived from the baseline data of the Internet user Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of gaming disorder in Early Adolescence. A total 1,532 middle school students who use online games included. The participants reported the names of the online games they used during the past year. Game genres were categorized into role playing games (RPGs), shooting, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), simulation, arcade, sports and action games. The risk of IGD was measured using the Internet Gaming Use-Elicited symptom Screen. The relationship between the experience of online game genre and high risk of IGD was analyzed using multiple logistic regression model.RESULTS: The game time of a student was longer if he or she had an experience of RPGs, shooting games, MOBA games, simulation games, and action games. The direct and independent association between high risk of IGD in adolescents and the genres of RPGs, simulation games and MOBA were found to be odds ratios 1.52 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03 to 2.26); 1.59 (95% CI, 1.03 to 2.45); and 1.51 (95% CI, 1.03 to 2.21), respectively after adjusted the potential confounding variables and the use of other online game genres.CONCLUSIONS: The present cross-sectional study has found an association between online game genres and the risk of IGD in adolescents attending a school. A cohort study should verify the causal association in future.

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“…First, criterion 7 (i.e., “ deception ”) may understood to be socially dependent, hence it may not be entirely appropriate to measure IGD-related symptoms in gamers without a therapist and/or significant others living with them. Second, with regards to criterion 8 (i.e., “ escape ”), a large body of empirical studies reported that “ escape ” is one of the main motives for videogame playing (e.g., Ballabio et al, 2017 ; Kahn et al, 2015 ; Yee, 2006 ), and further studies (e.g., Bijvank, Konijn, & Bushman, 2012 ; Hagström & Kaldo, 2014 ; Király et al, 2015 ; Männikkö, Billieux, Nordström, Koivisto, & Kääriäinen, 2017 ; Wu, Lai, et al, 2017 ) found “ escape ” to be the motivational factor mostly associated with disordered gaming. These studies illustrate the intricacies between disordered gaming and “ escape ” as it is not clear the role of this variable in the etiology of IGD.…”

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Psychometric assessment of the Internet Gaming Disorder diagnostic criteria: An Item Response Theory study

Schivinski

Brzozowska-Woś

Buchanan

et al. 2018

Addictive Behaviors Reports

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Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as a tentative disorder in the latest fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). In order to advance research on IGD, the APA has suggested that further research on the nine IGD criteria to investigate its clinical and empirical feasibility is necessary. The aim of the present study was to develop the Polish the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) and scrutinize the nine IGD criteria empirically. To achieve this, the newly developed IGDS9-SF was examined using a wide range of psychometric methods, including a polytomous Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis to evaluate the measurement performance of the nine IGD criteria. A sample of 3377 gamers (82.7% male, mean age 20 years, SD = 4.3 years) was recruited online for the present study. Overall, the findings obtained confirmed that suitability of the Polish IGDS9-SF to assess IGD amongst Polish gamers given the adequate levels of validity and reliability found. The IRT analysis revealed that the IGDS9-SF is a suitable tool to measure IGD levels above the average; however, criteria “continuation” (item 6), “deception” (item 7), and “escape” (item 8) presented with poor fit. Taken together, these results suggest that some of the diagnostic criteria may present with a different clinical weighting towards final diagnosis of IGD. The implications of these findings are further discussed.

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Problematic Gaming Behaviour in Finnish Adolescents and Young Adults: Relation to Game Genres, Gaming Motives and Self-Awareness of Problematic Use

Cited by 47 publications

References 52 publications

The development and validation of the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)

The development and validation of the Videogaming Motives Questionnaire (VMQ)

Relationship between the experience of online game genre and high risk of Internet gaming disorder in Korean adolescents

Psychometric assessment of the Internet Gaming Disorder diagnostic criteria: An Item Response Theory study

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