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      Contextualising video game engagement and addiction in mental health: the mediating roles of coping and social support

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      Journal: Heliyon
      Publisher: Elsevier
      Keywords: Psychology, Video game addiction, Engagement, Mental health, Coping, Perceived social support

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          Abstract

          Introduction

          A challenge in defining Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is discriminating pathological gameplay from an excessive, yet benign, involvement in video games. Although previous research has explored this theoretical distinction in the context of general computing activities, it merits consideration with regards to online gaming. Additionally, whilst comorbidities of addicted gaming and mental health outcomes have been robustly demonstrated, few studies have examined the role of mediating factors that may contextualise this relationship. As such, the present study aims to validate the distinction between addiction and engagement in online gaming, by considering the mediating roles of coping and social online and offline support in mental health.

          Method

          One hundred and thirty-five participants completed the Computer Engagement/Addiction Questionnaire (CEAS), Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), Brief Approach-Avoidance Coping Questionnaire (BACQ) and two versions of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS).

          Results

          Correlational analyses showed a clear distinction between gaming addiction and engagement in the context of all of depression, stress and in particular anxiety (DAS) not found in previous studies. Multiple mediation analysis showed a significant mediating effect of coping, (specifically withdrawal/resignation coping) on the relationship between video game addiction and symptoms of DAS. Offline perceived social support was a significant partial mediator in the relationship between gaming addiction and depression, as compared to any kind of online social support. The results support the distinction of the addiction and engagement concepts in gaming. This study may inform future clinical classifications of IGD, with implications on how pathological gaming is treated.

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          Psychology; Video game addiction; Engagement; Mental health; Coping; Perceived social support

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                Contributors
                Daniela M. Romano
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Heliyon
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Heliyon
                Title: Heliyon
                Publisher: Elsevier
                ISSN (Electronic): 2405-8440
                Publication date PMC-release: 16 November 2020
                Publication date Collection: November 2020
                Publication date (Electronic): 16 November 2020
                Volume: 6
                Issue: 11
                Electronic Location Identifier: e05340
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, WC1H 0AP, United Kingdom
                [b ]Department of Information Science, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
                Author notes
                [∗ ]Corresponding author. D.Romano@ 123456ucl.ac.uk
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                Publisher Item ID: S2405-8440(20)32183-6 Publisher ID: e05340
                DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05340
                PMC ID: 7672223
                PubMed ID: 33235930
                SO-VID: 7f7eb0e6-bb81-4655-8d63-3cd19931b7fb
                Copyright © © 2020 The Authors
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                This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

                History
                Date received : 20 July 2020
                Date revision received : 2 October 2020
                Date accepted : 21 October 2020
                Categories
                Subject: Research Article

                Keywords: psychology,video game addiction,engagement,mental health,coping,perceived social support
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                Keywords: psychology, video game addiction, engagement, mental health, coping, perceived social support

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