- Title
- Internet Gaming Disorder : The interplay between physical activity and user–avatar relationship
- Creator
- Liew, Lucas; Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Adams, Baxter; Burleigh, Tyrone; Griffiths, Mark
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165558
- Identifier
- vital:13305
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2018.1464599
- Identifier
- ISBN:0144-929X
- Abstract
- Understanding both the risk and protective factors associated with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been viewed by many in the gaming studies field as an area of research priority. The present study focused on the potential risk and protective effects of user–avatar (game figure) relationship and physical activity (PA), respectively. To address these aims, a cross-sectional and a longitudinal mixed-methods design were combined (comprising both psychological and physiological assessments). A sample of 121 emerging adult gamers (18–29 years) residing in Australia, who played massively multiplayer online games, were assessed in relation to their IGD behaviours using the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short Form. Additionally, the Proto-Self-Presence (PSP) scale was used to evaluate the extent to which gamers identified with the body of their avatar. Finally, a PA monitor (Fitbit Flex) measured levels of energy consumed during real-world daily activities (active minutes). A number of linear regressions and moderation analyses were conducted. Findings confirmed that PSP functioned as an IGD risk factor and that PA acted protectively, weakening the association between PSP and IGD behaviours. Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to IGD treatment and gaming development aspects.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- Behaviour and Information Technology Vol. 37, no. 6 (2018), p. 558-574
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 08 Information and Computing Sciences; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Emerging adulthood; Internet Gaming Disorder; Massively multiplayer online games; Physical activity; Proto-Self-Presence
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