Neuroticism and problematic online gaming: The mediating role of social anxiety and the moderating role of family socioeconomic status

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Chu ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Weifeng Huang ◽  
Yuhui Wang ◽  
Jingyue Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Problematic Online Gaming ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Social anxiety and Internet gaming disorder: The role of motives and metacognitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-628
Author(s):  
Claudia Marino ◽  
Natale Canale ◽  
Alessio Vieno ◽  
Gabriele Caselli ◽  
Luca Scacchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractBackground and aimsIn recent years, Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been recognized as a mental health problem. Although research has found that social anxiety, motives, the preference for online social interactions (POSI), and metacognitions about online gaming are independent predictors of IGD, less is known about their relative contribution to IGD. The aim of the current study was to model the relationship between social anxiety, motives, POSI, metacognitions about online gaming, and IGD.MethodsFive hundred and forty three Italian gamers who play more than 7 h a week (mean age = 23.9 years; SD = 6.15 years; 82.5% males) were included in the study. The pattern of relationships specified by the theoretical model was examined through path analysis.ResultsResults showed that social anxiety was directly associated with four motives (escape, coping, fantasy, and recreation), POSI, and positive and negative metacognitions about online gaming, and IGD. The Sobel test showed that negative metacognitions about online gaming played the strongest mediating role in the relationship between social anxiety and IGD followed by escape, POSI, and positive metacognitions. The model accounted for 54% of the variance for IGD.Discussion and conclusionsOverall, our findings show that, along with motives and POSI, metacognitions about online gaming may play an important role in the association between social anxiety and IGD. The clinical and preventive implications of these findings are discussed.

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