Depression and Disordered Gaming: Does Culture Matter?
The dearth of evidence related to cultural and gender variations of established associations between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and other psychopathologies has been highlighted. Accordingly, the present study examined the association between depression and disordered gaming behaviors, while cons...
| Published in: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 843 - 862 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=155870736&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 155870736 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15571874 46AW jtl: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction issn: 15571874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2022 vid: 20 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 155870736 10.1007/s11469-020-00231-1 ppf: 843 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 524KB tig: atl: Depression and Disordered Gaming: Does Culture Matter? aug: au: O'Farrell, Dominic Lloyd Baynes, Kyi-Lyn M. Pontes, Halley D. Griffiths, Mark Stavropoulos, Vasileios affil: The Cairnmillar Institute, Hawthorn East, Australia School of Psychological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia The International Cyberpsychology and Addictions Research Laboratory (iCARL), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, NG1 4FQ, Nottingham, UK Victoria University, Footscray, Australia su: Australia Gaming disorder Video game culture Compulsive gambling Mental depression Behavior disorders sug: subj: Gaming disorder Video game culture Compulsive gambling Mental depression Behavior disorders Australia keyword: Culture Depression Gaming Gaming addiction Gender Vertical individualism Culture Depression Gaming Gaming addiction Gender Vertical individualism ab: The dearth of evidence related to cultural and gender variations of established associations between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and other psychopathologies has been highlighted. Accordingly, the present study examined the association between depression and disordered gaming behaviors, while considering cultural perspectives of vertical individualism (independence and hierarchy) and gender as potentially variating factors. To achieve this, an ethnically diverse online sample of internet gamers from multicultural societies (N = 1032; Australia = 738; 71.5%; USA = 222; 21.5%; other multicultural countries = 72; 13.3%; M = 24 years; males = 503 [48.7%], females = 529 [51.3%]) completed the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF); the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the Individualism and Collectivism Scale (ICS). Regression, moderation and moderated moderation analyses were conducted. Results demonstrated that gamers presenting concurrently with symptoms of depression and vertically individualistic inclinations reported higher levels of disordered gaming behaviors, with no significant gender differences. The findings obtained imply that practitioners globally, and especially in multicultural societies (e.g., Australia, USA), should consider cultural differences when developing prevention and intervention strategies for disordered gaming. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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