Addiction to the Internet and Online Gaming

By Brian D. Ng, P. Wiemer-Hastings. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2005

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Do gaming motives mediate between psychiatric symptoms and problematic gaming? An empirical survey study (2017, background): “…and more accurate attention allocation (Granic et al. 2014) and increased problem-solving skills (Prensky 2012), as well associal skill enhancement including learning social skills or prosocial behaviour (Ng & Wiemer-Hastings 2005; Gentile et al. 2009; Ewoldsen et al. 2012; Granic et al. 2014).”
The Role of Context in Online Gaming Excess and Addiction: Some Case Study Evidence (2009, background): “…increasing number of studies in this area although most studies have used ad hoc addiction criteria and/or addiction scales adapted from other areas like gambling addiction and exercise addiction (Wan and Chiou 2006a, b; Smahel et al. 2008; Ng and Wiemer-Hastings 2005; Hussain and Griffiths 2009).”
Why Are Adolescents Addicted to Online Gaming? An Interview Study in Taiwan (2006, neutral): “The following are interview items posed to the subjects that concerned self-conception, or the differences between the real self and the virtual self: (1) “Have you chosen an identity completely different from the reality in online games?,” (2) “What kind of image would you like to create yourself i”
Online Gaming Addiction: The Role of Sensation Seeking, Self-Control, Neuroticism, Aggression, State Anxiety, and Trait Anxiety (2009, positive): “Ng and Wiemer-Hastings 1 stated that since gamers can become easily absorbed in playing, their behavior may lead to a loss of time control.”
Beyond Self-Selection in Video Game Play: An Experimental Examination of the Consequences of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Play (2007, neutral): “16 On the other hand, MMORPGs may have a number of benefits.”
Problematic Use of the Internet and Self-Regulation: A Review of the Initial Studies (2012, background): “, compulsive consumption of adult pornographic websites [5]), online gambling [6], and online video game playing [7], thereby emphasizing that this problematic behavior can take very different forms across individuals and should not be viewed as homogeneous.”
Why do you play? The development of the motives for online gaming questionnaire (MOGQ) (2011, background): “Although many studies have pointed out the possible advantages of gaming as well (e.g., Griffiths 2009; Ng & Wiemer-Hastings, 2005; Wang, Khoo, Liu, & Divaharan, 2008), this aspect has received much less attention.”
Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (2008, background): “…of videogames (e.g., Charlton & Danforth, 2007; Chiu, Lee, & Huang, 2004; Chou & Ting, 2003; Fisher, 1994; Griffiths & Davies, 2005; Grüsser, Thale-mann, & Griffiths, 2007; Hauge & Gentile, 2003; Ko, Yen, Chen, Chen, & Yen, 2005; Ng & Wiemer-Hastings, 2005; Soper & Miller, 1983; Wan & Chiou, 2006).”
Internet Gaming Addiction: A Systematic Review of Empirical Research (2012, background): “Quantitative studies included large samples of MMORPG players (Caplan et al. 2009; Hussain and Griffiths 2009b; Ng and Wiemer-Hastings 2005), online game players (Lu and Wang 2008), video game players (King and Delfabbro 2009a; King et al. 2011), both adolescents and MMORPG players (Wan and Chiou…”
Exploring user experiences as predictors of MMORPG addiction (2009, background): “However, some people still cannot keep themselves from spending an excessive amount of time playing MMORPGs compared to the time playing game consoles such as Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii or PlayStation 3 (Ng & Wiemer-Hastings, 2005).”
The Relationship Between Online Game Addiction and Aggression, Self-Control and Narcissistic Personality Traits (2008, background): “In MMORPGs, leveling-up and getting items, recognition and admiration from other players are the major attraction for many of those who play [21].”