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Predicting Video Game Addiction Through the Dimensions of Consumer Video Game Engagement: Quantitative and Cross-sectional Study

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العنوان: Predicting Video Game Addiction Through the Dimensions of Consumer Video Game Engagement: Quantitative and Cross-sectional Study
المؤلفون: Amir Zaib Abbasi, Umair Rehman, Zahra Afaq, Mir Abdur Rafeh, Helmut Hlavacs, Mohammed A Mamun, Muhammad Umair Shah
المصدر: JMIR Serious Games, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e30310 (2021)
بيانات النشر: JMIR Publications, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Information technology
LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: BackgroundVideo games are expanding exponentially with their increased popularity among users. However, this popularity has also led to an increase in reported video game addiction. There may be consumer engagement–related factors that may influence video game addiction. ObjectiveThis study aims to empirically examine the impact of the dimensions of consumer video game engagement on video game addiction. The dimensions are dedication, absorption, conscious attention, social connection, enthusiasm, and interaction. We utilize the uses and gratifications theory to study the video game engagement dimensions as potential factors through which gamers feel gratified and engaged in video game playing. Additionally, this study incorporates the cultivation theory to investigate how video game engagement factors trigger video game addiction. MethodsA two-step process was applied for data analysis on valid cases of 176 gamers aged 15-25 years: video game addiction was specified and validated as a reflective-formative construct, and hypothesis testing was later performed using the WarpPLS on valid respondents. ResultsThe analysis uncovered 2 dimensions of video game engagement: social connection with P=.08 and interaction with P=.49, which did not significantly contribute to video game addiction. ConclusionsThis study offers unique insights to a myriad of stakeholders, mostly psychologists and psychiatrists, who routinely prescribe behavior modification techniques to treat video game addiction.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2291-9279
Relation: https://games.jmir.org/2021/4/e30310; https://doaj.org/toc/2291-9279
DOI: 10.2196/30310
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/c75b1fbb05544d69bbdb093ad15d8c01
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.75b1fbb05544d69bbdb093ad15d8c01
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:22919279
DOI:10.2196/30310