Compensatory beliefs in the internet gratification behavior: A study of game-based assessment.

ABSTRACT: Internet gratification behaviors (IGB) may lead to sub-optimal performance in schools and workplace as well as mental health problems such as Internet addiction. The present research examines this phenomenon, focusing on the compensatory belief (CB)-a belief that the negative impact of a certain behavior can be compensated or neutralized by another positive behavior-as a potential psychological mechanism for IGB. An interactive-narrative-style game-based assessment was designed and responses from a random-sampled population of 1,298 participants including college students and organizational employees were collected online. It was found that around 40% of college students and organizational employees would activate some kind of compensatory beliefs when facing with the internet temptation.

SUBMITTER: Yin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902763 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature