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In-game Social Interaction and Gaming Disorder: A Perspective From Online Social Capital.

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: Social interaction in the online games has been found to predict gaming disorder, but little research has examined the mechanism of this association. Drawing on the social capital theory, the present study investigated the mediating role of online social capital on the relationship between in-game social interaction and gaming disorder and the moderating role of alienation on the relationship between online social capital and gaming disorder. Methods: A sample of 457 Chinese massively multiplayer online role-playing game gamers was recruited to complete the In-game Social Interaction Questionnaire, Online Social Capital Scale, Alienation Scale, and Pathological Gaming Scale. Results: The results showed that online social capital was a mediator in the relationship between in-game social interaction and gaming disorder. Moreover, for individuals with low alienation, the effect of online social capital on gaming disorder was weaker than for those with high alienation. Conclusions: The present study provides new insight into the complex processes involved in the effect of in-game social interaction on gaming disorder, and the results have important theoretical and practical implications.

SUBMITTER: Heng S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7886677 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In-game Social Interaction and Gaming Disorder: A Perspective From Online Social Capital.

Heng Shupeng S Zhao Huanfang H Wang Minghui M

Frontiers in psychiatry 20210203

<b>Background and Aims:</b> Social interaction in the online games has been found to predict gaming disorder, but little research has examined the mechanism of this association. Drawing on the social capital theory, the present study investigated the mediating role of online social capital on the relationship between in-game social interaction and gaming disorder and the moderating role of alienation on the relationship between online social capital and gaming disorder. <b>Methods:</b> A sample ...[more]

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In-game Social Interaction and Gaming Disorder: A Perspective From Online Social Capital.

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