Purpose in life, social support, and internet gaming disorder among Chinese university students: A 1-year follow-up study

Zhang, Meng Xuan; Wang, Xinrui; Yu, Shu; Wu, Anise M. S.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106070

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“…In order to create a stable foundation for learning how to channel strong emotions in a healthy and mindful way, individuals with impaired emotional competencies need even more social attention, social support, and promotion in line with their skills and ambitions. This assumption is in accordance with related findings showing that socialization mediates between emotional competencies and the development of GD [155,160]. Kim et al [155] found that aggressiveness was associated with a risk of GD and this relationship was mediated by a dysfunctional and negative father-child communication style.…”

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“…Kim et al [155] found that aggressiveness was associated with a risk of GD and this relationship was mediated by a dysfunctional and negative father-child communication style. Also, Zhang et al [160] reported less social support to be negatively correlated with GD. Less social support might also be a result of certain difficult personality traits, such as high impulsivity or strongly introverted behavior.…”

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“Who Am I” and “How Should I Be”: a Systematic Review on Self-Concept and Avatar Identification in Gaming Disorder

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Purpose of Review Gaming disorder (GD) appears to be associated with self-concept deficits and increased identification with one's avatar. The goal of this literature review is to highlight study findings assessing psychological and neurobiological correlates of self-concept-related characteristics and avatar identification in GD. Recent Findings The review was based on three literature researches on GD: (1) self-esteem, (2) emotional, social, and academic self-concept domains and avatar identification, and (3) neurobiological correlates of self-concept and avatar identification. The results indicate that GD is associated with decreased self-esteem as well as deficits in physical, social, and emotional self-concept domains. A relatively stable relationship between higher avatar identification and GD was reported in addicted gamers. Furthermore, addicted gamers showed increased activation of brain regions associated with Theory-of-Mind processing while contemplating their own avatar. Summary The results point towards impairments in self-concept and increased identification with the virtual gaming character in addicted gamers. This virtual compensation fosters the formation of an idealized self-concept, which grows increasingly distant from their own self-image. Thus, additional empirically based psychological interventions should focus on the development of a realistic self-image by reducing the dysfunctional discrepancy between the ideal self and the real self.

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“Who Am I” and “How Should I Be”: a Systematic Review on Self-Concept and Avatar Identification in Gaming Disorder

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“…The internal reliability (KR-20) was 0.66. The tool has been used in other IGD studies (Wu et al, 2018a(Wu et al, , 2018bZhang, Wang, Yu, & Wu, 2019).…”

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The psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) regarding Internet gaming disorder in a general population of Chinese adults

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Background and aimsInternet gaming disorder (IGD) has been recognized as a mental illness. Cognitive and emotional illness representations affect coping and health outcomes. Very little is known about such perceptions related to IGD, in both general and diseased populations. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) for IGD in a general population that included mostly non-cases while a small proportion of the sample was IGD cases.MethodsAn anonymous cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted in a random sample of 1,501 Chinese community-dwelling adults (41.3% male; mean age = 40.42, SD = 16.85) in Macao, China.ResultsThe confirmatory factor analysis identified a modified 6-factor model (i.e., timeline cyclical, consequences, personal control, treatment control, illness coherence, and emotional representations) of 26 items that showed satisfactory model fit and internal consistency. Criterion-related validity was supported by the constructs' significant correlations with stigma (positive correlations: timeline cyclical, consequence, emotional representations; negative correlations: illness coherence). Ever-gamers, compared to never-gamers, reported higher mean scores in the subscales of personal control and illness coherence, and lower mean scores in time cyclical, consequence, and emotional representations. Among the sampled gamers, probable IGD cases were more likely than non-IGD cases to perceive IGD as cyclical and involved more negative emotions.ConclusionsThis study shows that the revised 26-item version of IPQ-R is a valid instrument for assessing illness representation regarding IGD in a general population of Chinese adults. It can be used in future research that examines factors of incidence and prevention related to IGD.

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“…During the epidemic, when individuals felt empty and anxious due to the lack of meaning in life, they might be addicted to the internet to escape from the boring life and release negative emotions, thus leading to smartphone addiction ( Aboujaoude, 2010 ; Chen, Bao, & Huang, 2019 ; Chen, Xiao, & Wang, 2019 ; Ge, 2016 ; Meng, 2017 ; Morahan–Martina & Schumacher, 2003 ; Rammazi; Ann & Auhagen, 2000 ; Steger, Oishi, & Kashdan, 2009 ; Yao et al, 2016 ; Zhao, 2015 ; Zhang, Qin, & Huang, 2019 ). Zhang and Wang et al (2019) used a one-year cross-lagged analysis to explore the relationship between social support, meaning in life and online game addiction in a sample of university students. The result showed that meaning in life played a longitudinal mediating role in the association between social support and online game addiction, and meaning in life could directly negatively predicted online game addiction.…”

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Meaning in life as a mediator between interpersonal alienation and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: A three-wave longitudinal study

Liu

Wang

2022

Computers in Human Behavior

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In the context of the Covid-19, the present study designed a longitudinal study to examine the relationship among interpersonal alienation, meaning in life and smartphone addiction. Meanwhile, with the development of the epidemic whether there would be changes in the three variables also was examined. A sample of 579 university students (baseline mean age = 20.59, SD = 2.20) finished the anonymous questionnaires about interpersonal alienation, meaning in life and smartphone addiction. Three repeated measurements were obtained in June, September and December 2020. The finding indicated that university students' interpersonal alienation and meaning in life significantly increased, and the risk of smartphone addiction significantly decreased with the epidemic under control. Besides, meaning in life in the middle mitigating period of the epidemic mediated the relationship between interpersonal alienation in the early severe period of the epidemic and smartphone addiction in the basic end period of the epidemic. The study contributes to our understanding of how low levels of interpersonal alienation may improve meaning in life and reduce the risk of smartphone addiction. What's more, it provides scientific suggestions for the prevention and intervention of the adverse effects during public health emergencies.

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Purpose in life, social support, and internet gaming disorder among Chinese university students: A 1-year follow-up study

Cited by 52 publications

References 69 publications

“Who Am I” and “How Should I Be”: a Systematic Review on Self-Concept and Avatar Identification in Gaming Disorder

“Who Am I” and “How Should I Be”: a Systematic Review on Self-Concept and Avatar Identification in Gaming Disorder

The psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) regarding Internet gaming disorder in a general population of Chinese adults

Meaning in life as a mediator between interpersonal alienation and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: A three-wave longitudinal study

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