PMID- 36012072
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220829
LR  - 20220907
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 16
DP  - 2022 Aug 22
TI  - The Relationship between Depressive Symptoms, Loneliness, Self-Control, and 
      Gaming Disorder among Polish Male and Female Gamers: The Indirect Effects of 
      Gaming Motives.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph191610438 [doi]
LID - 10438
AB  - The present study analyzed the relationship between gaming disorder (GD), motives 
      for gaming, and psychological problems in daily life (i.e., depression, 
      loneliness, and self-control deficits) among Polish gamers. More specifically, 
      the purpose of the present study was to analyze the indirect effects between GD 
      and psychological problems in daily life via motives for gaming among male and 
      female gamers. Additionally, the present study examined gender differences in 
      motives for gaming and the relationship between the analyzed variables. The 
      sample comprised 652 gamers (233 females; M = 28.77 years; SD = 7.18; age range: 
      18-48 years). The nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Version 
      (IGDS9-SF) was used to assess GD. The motives for gaming were assessed using the 
      Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire (MOGQ). The nine-item Patient Health 
      Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess depressive symptoms, and the Brief 
      Self-Control Scale (BSCS) was used to assess self-control. Loneliness was 
      assessed using the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale. In order to examine the 
      relationship between the study variables, path analysis and indirect effects 
      analysis were performed among both male and female gamers. The present study 
      showed that depressive symptoms and self-control exerted a significant indirect 
      effect on GD via escape and fantasy motives for gaming. Additionally, there was 
      an indirect effect between depressive symptoms and GD via social motives for 
      gaming. However, these indirect effects were found among male gamers only. The 
      present study also showed gender differences in all analyzed gaming motives 
      except escape (males scoring higher on all of them) and in the relationship 
      between depressive symptoms and escape. These findings contribute to a better 
      understanding of GD development mechanisms, which are associated with 
      psychological problems in daily life.
FAU - Cudo, Andrzej
AU  - Cudo A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7424-8576
AD  - Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, al. 
      Raclawickie 14, 20950 Lublin, Poland.
FAU - Wojtasinski, Marcin
AU  - Wojtasinski M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7581-5659
AD  - Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, al. 
      Raclawickie 14, 20950 Lublin, Poland.
FAU - Tuznik, Przemyslaw
AU  - Tuznik P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2956-5454
AD  - Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, al. 
      Raclawickie 14, 20950 Lublin, Poland.
FAU - Fudali-Czyz, Agnieszka
AU  - Fudali-Czyz A
AD  - Institute of Psychology, The Pedagogical University of Krakow, ul. Podchorazych 
      2, 30084 Krakow, Poland.
FAU - Griffiths, Mark D
AU  - Griffiths MD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524
AD  - International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent 
      University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20220822
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Behavior, Addictive/psychology
MH  - Depression/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internet
MH  - Loneliness
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - *Self-Control
MH  - *Video Games/psychology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC9408588
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - depression
OT  - gaming
OT  - gaming motives
OT  - gender differences
OT  - internet gaming disorder
OT  - loneliness
OT  - self-control
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/08/27 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/30 06:00
PMCR- 2022/08/22
CRDT- 2022/08/26 01:21
PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/08/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/08/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/08/26 01:21 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/08/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/22 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph191610438 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-10438 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph191610438 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 22;19(16):10438. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph191610438.