Physical Interpersonal Relationships and Social Anxiety among Online Game Players

By Shao-Kang Lo, Chih-Chien Wang, Wenchang Fang. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2005

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Factors Predictive for Incidence and Remission of Internet Addiction in Young Adolescents: A Prospective Study (2007, unknown): “Thus, adolescents may find excitement, intimacy, friendship, and respect within the online-gaming environment 20 to compensate the low self-esteem and poor family function in life.”
Consequences of Play: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Online Gaming (2012, background): “Five studies focused solely on adolescents; with one study of gamers in their pre-teens to 20s (Wei, 2007); two studies of teenagers (Ko et al. 2005; Ang et al. 2006); and two of gamers in their teens to early twenties (Lo et al. 2005; Smyth 2007).”
A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use (2014, unknown): “…well-being (e.g., Young & Abreu, 2011; Caplan, Williams, & Yee, 2009; Lemmens et al., 2011; Van Rooij, 2011) as well as the association with various personality traits (e.g., Leung, 2007; Lo et al., 2005; Whang, Lee, & Chang, 2003), interpersonal skills and intelligence (Byun et al., 2009).”
Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being among MMO players (2009, background): “Another study found that MMO game usage was positively associated with both social anxiety and negative interpersonal outcomes (Lo et al., 2005).”
Exploring user experiences as predictors of MMORPG addiction (2009, background): “As many studies indicate, fun is the major determinant of a game’s success (Lo et al., 2005; Myers, 1990; Novak et al., 2000).”
Falling in love with online games: The uses and gratifications perspective (2010, unknown): “Furthermore, they are all without geographic restriction (Hsu & Lu, 2007; Kim & Kim, 2010; Lo, 2008; Lo et al., 2005; Wu & Liu, 2007; Zhong, 2009).”
Clinical and Personality Correlates of MMO Gaming (2013, background): “Past research has found a direct correlation between social anxiety and time spent playing online games (Lo et al., 2005) as well as an association between impulse-control problems and PIU (Cao, Su, Liu, & Gao, 2007).”
Factors Influencing Internet Addiction in a Sample of Freshmen University Students in China (2009, unknown): “13,16 Our results are in accordance with these ﬁndings and also support the idea that intervention against social anxiety is critical for the prevention and treatment of Internet addiction in students.”
Psychosocial causes and consequences of pathological gaming (2011, background): “A cross-sectional study by Lo et al. (2005) indicated that the time spent playing online games increased with higher levels of social anxiety.”
Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone: A Literature Review and a Pathways Model (2012, background): “…(e.g., some socially anxious persons prefer to meet people through specific online activities such as video online games or social networks) [56] [65]; and gender (e.g., females are more frequently mobile phone addicts, whereas males are more prone to online gambling and video-game addictions)…”
The Relationship Between Online Game Addiction and Aggression, Self-Control and Narcissistic Personality Traits (2008, result): “Overall, our results have supported previous findings of a significant relationship between the level of Internet addiction and the psychological states such as loneliness and social anxiety [13,20,31].”
Maladaptive Coping Styles in Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms (2018, background): “Adolescents who predominantly engage socially with online strangers may have developed fears of rejection from peers in the real world (Lo et al. 2005).”