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Adolescent Internet gaming addiction and personality characteristics by game genre
- Title
- Adolescent Internet gaming addiction and personality characteristics by game genre
- Authors
- Kim D.; Nam J.K.; Keum C.
- Ewha Authors
- 남지은
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 남지은
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Journal Title
- PLoS ONE
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Citation
- PLoS ONE vol. 17, no. 2-2월
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- With the emergence of a new concept called ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ in DSM-5 and ICD-11, related research is underway around the globe. However, not enough literature on Internet gaming addiction has considered the diversity in game genres. Internet gaming addiction may take on a different form according to the particular characteristics of a game being played. To better understand adolescent Internet gaming addiction, this study sought to identify the differences in Internet gaming addiction and personality characteristics based on the game genre played. A total of 3,217 elementary and middle school students across Korea participated in the survey that included the Maladaptive Game Use Scale and the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire. ANOVA analysis revealed that Internet gaming addiction and personality characteristics varied according to the game genre played. In particular, post-hoc tests showed that Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and First-Person Shooter (FPS) game users have higher levels of tolerance, withdrawal, and neglect of everyday life compared to other genres such as Role-Playing Game (RPG), Racing, and Arcade/Shooting. Also, Internet gamers users of particular genres showed significantly lower self-esteem (Arcade/Shooting), conscientiousness (Racing), empathy (RPG), and sense of community (Racing and RTS) scores than comparison group. The implications of the study results were discussed with a special emphasis on Internet gaming addiction interventions. © 2022 Kim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0263645
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- 교육대학원 > 교육학과 > Journal papers
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