- Title
- Depression, Internet Gaming Disorder, and the moderating effect of the gamer-avatar relationship : An exploratory longitudinal study
- Creator
- Burleigh, Tyrone; Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Liew, Lucas; Adams, Baxter; Griffiths, Mark
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165254
- Identifier
- vital:13204
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9806-3
- Identifier
- ISBN:1557-1874
- Abstract
- Research into Internet gaming disorder (IGD) literature largely uses cross-sectional designs and seldom examines gaming context-related factors. Therefore, the present study combined a cross-sectional and longitudinal design to examine depression and the gameravatar relationship (GAR) as risk factors in the development of IGD among emerging adults. IGD behaviors of 125 gamers (64 online gamers, Mage = 23.3 years, SD = 3.4; 61 offline gamers, Mage = 23.0 years, SD = 3.4) were assessed using the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale Short Form (IGDS-SF9; Pontes and Griffiths Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento, 7, 102–118, 2015a; Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 137–143, 2015b). The Self-Presence Scale (Ratan and Dawson Communication Research, 2015) and the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al. 1996) were also used to assess gamers’ levels of GAR and depressive symptoms, respectively. Regression and moderation analyses revealed that depression and the GAR act as individual risk factors in the development of IGD over time. Furthermore, the GAR exacerbates the IGD risk effect of depression.
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Relation
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Vol. 16, no. 1 (2018), p. 102-124
- Rights
- Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2017
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1701 Psychology; Internet gaming disorder; Video gaming; Gamer-avatar relationship; Online addiction; Depression
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