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| Title |
Characteristics of Social Network Gamers: Results of an Online Survey
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00069 |
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| Authors |
Olga Geisel, Patricia Panneck, Anna Stickel, Michael Schneider, Christian A. Müller |
| Abstract |
Current research on Internet addiction (IA) reported moderate to high prevalence rates of IA and comorbid psychiatric symptoms in users of social networking sites (SNS) and online role-playing games. The aim of this study was to characterize adult users of an Internet multiplayer strategy game within a SNS. Therefore, we conducted an exploratory study using an online survey to assess sociodemographic variables, psychopathology, and the rate of IA in a sample of adult social network gamers by Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R), and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). All participants were listed gamers of "Combat Zone" in the SNS "Facebook." In this sample, 16.2% of the participants were categorized as subjects with IA and 19.5% fulfilled the criteria for alexithymia. Comparing study participants with and without IA, the IA group had significantly more subjects with alexithymia, reported more depressive symptoms, and showed poorer quality of life. These findings suggest that social network gaming might also be associated with maladaptive patterns of Internet use. Furthermore, a relationship between IA, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms was found that needs to be elucidated by future studies. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 14% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 47% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 22 | 51% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 July 2015.
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