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Two Sides of the Same Virtual Coin: Investigating Psychosocial Effects of Video Game Play, including Stress Relief Motivations as a Gateway to Problematic Video Game Usage.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Apr2024, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p772, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Video gamers can play to negate the psychological impact of stress, which may become problematic when users over-rely on the stress relief potential of gaming. This study used a repeated measures experimental design to investigate the relationships between stress, video gaming, and problematic video gaming behaviours in a convenience sample of 40 students at a UK university. The results indicated that positive affect increased and negative affect decreased, whilst a biological stress measure (instantaneous pulse rate) also decreased after a short video gaming session (t(36) = 4.82, p < 0.001, d = 0.79). The results also suggested that video gaming can act as a short-term buffer against the physiological impact of stress. Further research should focus on testing individuals who have been tested for gaming disorder, as opposed to the general population. Research could also utilise variations of the methodological framework used in this study to examine the intensity of a stress relief effect under different social situations. The study's findings in relation to published works are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SELF-evaluation
MOBILE apps
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
COMPULSIVE behavior
T-test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
QUESTIONNAIRES
ALEXITHYMIA
PROBABILITY theory
EMOTIONS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
EXPERIMENTAL design
HEART beat
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
TECHNOLOGY
EPILEPSY
ANALYSIS of variance
STATISTICS
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
COMPARATIVE studies
VIDEO games
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176593674
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070772