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Passion or addiction ? Correlates of healthy versus problematic use of videogames in a sample of French-speaking regular gamers
Deleuze, Jory; Long, Jiang; Liu, Tie-Qiao et al.
2018In Addictive Behaviors, 82, p. 114-121
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Abstract :
[en] A criticism of current diagnostic approaches to gaming disorder is that they fail to take into account that high and repeated engagement is not problematic per se, nor is it necessarily associated with adverse consequences. To tackle this controversy, we used confirmatory factor analysis to test, in regular gamers (N = 268), whether high (but healthy) engagement can be distinguished from problematic engagement by using the Addiction-Engagement Questionnaire (Charlton & Danforth, 2007). We then tested whether differential relationships exist between the engagement and addiction constructs, DSM-5 criteria for Internet gaming disorder (IGD), and psychological factors linked to gaming use and misuse (self-reported impulsivity, motives to play, and depression). Results indicated that a model holding engagement and addiction as two distinct, but related, constructs fits the data well. Second, we showed that although both constructs are linked to the number of IGD criteria endorsed, the relationship is more pronounced for the addiction construct. Third, a differential pattern of correlations was observed with the other study variables, further supporting the need to distinguish the two constructs. Our study emphasizes that research is needed to refine the diagnostic approach to gaming disorder to avoid conflating healthy passion with pathological behavior.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Deleuze, Jory
Long, Jiang
Liu, Tie-Qiao
Maurage, Pierre
Billieux, Joël ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Passion or addiction ? Correlates of healthy versus problematic use of videogames in a sample of French-speaking regular gamers
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Addictive Behaviors
ISSN :
0306-4603
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
82
Pages :
114-121
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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