PMID- 35873213
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220726
IS  - 2624-9367 (Electronic)
IS  - 2624-9367 (Linking)
VI  - 4
DP  - 2022
TI  - Playing Pokemon Go: Increased Life Satisfaction Through More (Positive) Social 
      Interactions.
PG  - 903848
LID - 10.3389/fspor.2022.903848 [doi]
LID - 903848
AB  - Pokemon Go (PoGo) is a social mobile game requiring both physical activity and 
      social interaction, and previous research has reported positive effects of PoGo 
      on physical health. However, little research has been conducted on the effects of 
      PoGo on social functioning and life satisfaction, which are important factors for 
      good mental health. The current study investigated the effects of PoGo on life 
      satisfaction and social functioning in participants with and without 
      self-reported diagnoses of mental disorders. Participants were 434 current PoGo 
      players aged 18-69 of diverse genders and nationalities, with a subsample (N = 
      138) self-reporting diagnoses of various mental disorders with impairments in 
      social functioning. Participants provided retrospective and current self-report 
      measures about their PoGo use, life satisfaction, social functioning (sociality 
      and social ability) and clinical symptom severity. Results showed higher 
      self-reported social functioning and life satisfaction since playing PoGo 
      compared to the time period before playing, which involved a shift from negative 
      to positive ratings. The increases in self-reported life satisfaction and 
      sociality (but not social ability) were more pronounced for the clinical compared 
      to the non-clinical subsample. Results also showed the effect of the social 
      ability change on the life satisfaction change was mediated by the sociality 
      change and moderated by the number of daily in-person player interactions 
      (including strangers). The findings here, using subjective judgements, show that 
      PoGo motivates social interactions and increases life satisfaction, demonstrating 
      that social mobile gaming provides an easy to implement tool to subjectively 
      improve social functioning. This has important implications for populations with 
      social difficulties and reduced social motivation.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Wingenbach and Zana.
FAU - Wingenbach, Tanja S H
AU  - Wingenbach TSH
AD  - Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Centre for Biological and Health 
      Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
AD  - Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, 
      University of Zurich/University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
AD  - School of Human Sciences, Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of 
      Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
FAU - Zana, Yossi
AU  - Zana Y
AD  - Centre for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Sao 
      Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220708
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Sports Act Living
JT  - Frontiers in sports and active living
JID - 101765780
PMC - PMC9304577
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Pokemon Go
OT  - gaming
OT  - life satisfaction
OT  - lifestyle
OT  - mental disorders
OT  - social interaction
OT  - well-being
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/08
CRDT- 2022/07/25 03:32
PHST- 2022/03/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/25 03:32 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fspor.2022.903848 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Sports Act Living. 2022 Jul 8;4:903848. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.903848. 
      eCollection 2022.