- Title
- Inattention and disordered gaming : does culture matter?
- Creator
- Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Baynes, Kyi; O’Farrel, Dominic; Gomez, Rapson; Mueller, Astrid; Yucel, Murat; Griffiths, Mark
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174306
- Identifier
- vital:14869
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-019-09702-8
- Identifier
- ISBN:0033-2720 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Problematic gaming has emerged as a contemporary concern, leading to the introduction of the diagnostic term ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ (IGD; American Psychiatric Association). The present study aims to empirically assess the association between inattention and IGD, in the light of variable levels of vertical-individualism that reflects cultural inclinations towards independence, competitiveness, and hierarchy. The participants (N = 1032) comprised a normative cohort of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) gamers (Mage = 24 years; 48.7% male). IGD was measured with the nine-item short-form IGD Scale (IGD9-SF), inattention with the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Self-Report Scale, and vertical individualism with the Individualism-Collectivism Questionnaire. Complex hierarchical and moderated regressions were employed. Findings demonstrated an association between IGD and inattention, and additionally showed that this association was exacerbated by a more vertically-individualistic cultural orientation without significant gender differences. The need of differentially addressing IGD risk among inattentive gamers of diverse cultural orientation is highlighted. © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Psychiatric Quarterly Vol. 91, no. 2 (2020), p. 333-348
- Rights
- Metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Copyright @ Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
- Subject
- 1103 Clinical Sciences; Adults; Gender; Inattention; Internet gaming disorder; Vertical individualism
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