Trait Emotional Intelligence and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Gamers: The Mediating Role of Online Gaming Motives and Moderating Role of Age Groups

Kırcaburun, Kağan; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Griffiths, Mark D.; Király, Orsolya; Kun, Bernadette; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül

doi:10.1007/s11469-019-00179-x

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“…In addition, it was assumed that e-sport players would not significantly differ from recreational players in their psychiatric symptoms or GD association. According to the results regarding coping strategies, the main effect of psychiatric symptoms was moderate to large in all models, which is in line with previous research findings [46][47][48][49][50]. The interaction terms (ie, moderation effects) were significant for 4 of the 8 coping strategies (ie, self-blame/self-distraction, denial, emotional/social support, and active coping).…”

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The Moderating Role of Coping Mechanisms and Being an e-Sport Player Between Psychiatric Symptoms and Gaming Disorder: Online Survey

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Background The emerging popularity of playing video games (gaming) as a hobby and as a professional sport raises awareness about both the benefits and possible downsides of the activity. Although a healthy and passionate hobby for most, a minority of gamers experience addiction-like symptoms and are considered to have gaming disorder (GD). GD has previously been found to be related to aversive conditions, such as depression or anxiety, as well as putatively maladaptive coping strategies. Objective The aim of this study is twofold: to explore the moderating effect of different coping strategies and type of video game usage (professional [e-sport] or recreational) on the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and GD. Methods A sample of 3476 gamers (n=3133, 90.13% males; mean age 23.20, SD 6.48 years) was recruited via the website and social networking site of the most popular gaming magazine in Hungary (GameStar). Results The main effect of psychiatric symptoms was moderate to large in all models, whereas the moderation effects were significant (P<.001) for 4 out of 8 coping strategies (ie, self-blame/self-distraction, denial, emotional/social support, and active coping). However, the explained variance of the models only increased negligibly (from 0.3% to 0.5%) owing to the moderation effect. The direction of the moderations was as expected (ie, putatively maladaptive strategies were associated with more GD symptoms when the level of psychiatric symptoms was high, while putatively adaptive strategies were associated with less). Furthermore, no considerable moderation effect of the player type (recreational vs professional players) was found on the association between psychiatric symptoms and GD (β=.04; P=.02; 0.1% change in the explained variance). Conclusions Future studies should be designed to better understand coping-related mechanisms in the context of video gaming and GD.

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“…The ninth and tenth items belong to the same criterion, and were recoded accordingly. The Turkish form of the scale (Kircaburun et al, 2018b) has high internal consistency in the present study (α = .84).…”

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Trait emotional intelligence and problematic online behaviors among adolescents: The mediating role of mindfulness, rumination, and depression

Kırcaburun

Griffiths

Billieux

2019

Personality and Individual Differences

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Preliminary studies have shown that trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) can be a risk factor for higher problematic use of specific online activities. However, the possible mediating role of mindfulness and rumination on the relationship of trait EI with problematic social media use (PSMU) and problematic online gaming (POG) is unclear. Among a sample of 470 adolescents, the present study examined the direct and indirect associations of trait EI with PSMU and POG and the potential mediational role of mindfulness, rumination, and depression while controlling for gender and age. Multiple mediation analyses indicated that trait EI was indirectly associated with PSMU via mindfulness, rumination, and depression, and with POG via mindfulness and rumination. Furthermore, rumination affected PSMU positively. The study provides empirical evidence of the theoretical assumption that different types of specific problematic online behaviors are related to both shared and specific risk factors.

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“…Regarding the association between escape motivation and PMPU, according to the I-PACE, motivation as an internal trigger can influence problematic and addictive behaviors ( Brand et al, 2019 ). Escapism-oriented motivation can be a powerful predictor of problematic use of video game live-streaming services ( Chen & Chang, 2019 ) and Internet gaming disorder ( Kircaburun et al, 2020 ). Such effects may also occur with PMPU ( Kim, 2017 , Park and Lee, 2012 ).…”

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Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control

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Trait Emotional Intelligence and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Gamers: The Mediating Role of Online Gaming Motives and Moderating Role of Age Groups

Cited by 39 publications

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The Moderating Role of Coping Mechanisms and Being an e-Sport Player Between Psychiatric Symptoms and Gaming Disorder: Online Survey

The Moderating Role of Coping Mechanisms and Being an e-Sport Player Between Psychiatric Symptoms and Gaming Disorder: Online Survey

Trait emotional intelligence and problematic online behaviors among adolescents: The mediating role of mindfulness, rumination, and depression

Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control

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