From game engagement to craving responses - The role of gratification and compensation experiences during video-gaming in casual and at-risk gamers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although playing videogames is a common leisure activity some individuals develop problematic gaming behaviors or even symptoms of a gaming disorder. Game engagement may be involved in reinforcement learning that may result in experiences of craving, an important feature of gaming disorder. In the following study we aimed to approach the question which aspects contribute to increased craving for gaming.

Methods

Overall, 439 individuals participated in an online survey, answering questionnaires on game engagement, experience of gratification and compensation, craving, and symptoms of gaming disorder. A mediation model testing if the association between game engagement and facets of craving are mediated by the experience of gratification and compensation during ga

SUBMITTER: Antons S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature