Daily video game play, psychological need satisfaction, and mental health

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew K. Przybylski ◽  
Richard M. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

scholarly journals Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 202049
Author(s):  
Niklas Johannes ◽  
Matti Vuorre ◽  
Andrew K. Przybylski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Game Play ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Adequate Data

People have never played more video games, and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate data to test whether these worries are justified and if policymakers should act to regulate video game play time. We attempt to provide much-needed evidence with adequate data. Whereas previous research had to rely on self-reported play behaviour, we collaborated with two games companies, Electronic Arts and Nintendo of America, to obtain players' actual play behaviour. We surveyed players of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons for their well-being, motivations and need satisfaction during play, and merged their responses with telemetry data (i.e. logged game play). Contrary to many fears that excessive play time will lead to addiction and poor mental health, we found a small positive relation between game play and affective well-being. Need satisfaction and motivations during play did not interact with play time but were instead independently related to well-being. Our results advance the field in two important ways. First, we show that collaborations with industry partners can be done to high academic standards in an ethical and transparent fashion. Second, we deliver much-needed evidence to policymakers on the link between play and mental health.

scholarly journals Video game play is positively correlated with well-being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Johannes ◽  
Matti Vuorre ◽  
Andrew K Przybylski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Game Play ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Adequate Data

People have never played more video games and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate data to test whether these worries are justified and if policymakers should act to regulate video game play time. We attempt to provide much-needed evidence with adequate data. Whereas previous research had to rely on self-reported play behaviour, we collaborated with two games companies, Electronic Arts and Nintendo of America, to obtain players’ actual play behaviour. We surveyed players of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons for their well-being, motivations, and need satisfaction during play and merged their responses with telemetry data (i.e., logged game play). Contrary to many fears that excessive game time will lead to addiction and poor mental health, we found a small positive relation between game play and well-being. Need satisfaction and motivations during play did not interact with game time but were instead independently related to well-being. Our results advance the field in two important ways. First, we show that collaborations with industry partners can be done to high academic standards in an ethical and transparent fashion. Second, we deliver much-needed evidence to policymakers on the link between play and mental health.

scholarly journals Existential therapy for children: impact of a philosophy for children intervention on positive and negative indicators of mental health in elementary school children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise ◽  
Carina Di Tomaso ◽  
David Lefrançois ◽  
Geneviève A. Mageau ◽  
Geneviève Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Abstract BackgroundPhilosophy for children (P4C) was initially developed in the 1970’s, and served as an educational program to promote critical thinking, caring and creative reasoning and inquiry in the educational environment. Quasi-experimental research on P4C, a school-based approach that aims to develop children’s capacity to think by and for themselves, has suggested it could be an interesting intervention to foster greater basic psychological need satisfaction in children in school settings.ObjectiveThe goal of the present study was to evaluate the impact of P4C on basic psychological need satisfaction and mental health in elementary school students. To do so, a randomized cluster trial with a wait-list control group was implemented. MethodStudents from grades one to three (N = 57) took part in this study and completed pre- and post-intervention questionnaires.ResultsANCOVAs revealed a significant effect of group condition on levels of autonomy and anxiety, after controlling for baseline levels. Participants in the experimental group showed higher scores in autonomy, when compared to participants in the control group, whereas for anxiety, participants in the experimental group showed lower scores in anxiety, when compared to participants in the control group.ConclusionOverall, results from this study show that P4C may be a promising intervention to foster greater autonomy in elementary school children, while also improving mental health.

scholarly journals “It’s Not the Same”: A Comparison of the Psychological Needs Satisfied by Musical Group Activities in Face to Face and Virtual Modes

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Draper ◽  
Genevieve A. Dingle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Group Memberships ◽  
Virtual Mode ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

According to the social identity approach to health, group memberships influence people’s mental health to the extent that they identify with their group. Emerging evidence suggests that music groups, such as choirs, enhance mental health via group identification and the satisfaction of various psychological needs; however, more research is required to understand these processes in other types of music groups. Furthermore, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing restrictions in 2020 prevented music groups from meeting face to face (F2F). Some music groups adapted virtually, but the rate of adaptation of various music activities is unknown, as is the impact of such adaptations on participants’ group identification, psychological need satisfaction, and mental health. We explored these questions using a cross-sectional survey with 257 participants (Mage = 46 years, 78% female) of singing (n = 172), instrumental (n = 48), and dance groups (n = 37). Participants rated group identification and psychological needs satisfaction retrospectively for their music group in F2F mode and then for the group in adapted mode, along with mental health 12-item short form health survey (SF-12). Results showed that instrumental groups (60%) were less commonly adapted to virtual mode than singing (83%) and dance (86%) groups. Group identification and average psychological needs satisfaction (M = 4.04 and 3.50 out of 5) scores were significantly lower for groups in virtual mode than in F2F mode (M = 4.53 and 4.14, respectively). Psychological needs satisfaction did not mediate the relationship between group identification and SF-12 mental health. Despite this, values on group identification and psychological need satisfaction remained high, which suggests that virtual music groups may be beneficial during the COVID-19 pandemic and in contexts where F2F groups are less accessible.

scholarly journals A large-scale study of changes to the quantity, quality, and distribution of video game play during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Vuorre ◽  
David Zendle ◽  
Elena Petrovskaya ◽  
Nick Ballou ◽  
Andrew K Przybylski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Points

Video game play has been framed both as protective factor and risk to mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an objective analysis of changes to video game play during the pandemic to provide an empirical foundation to the fractured discourse surrounding play and mental health. Analyses of millions of players’ engagement with the 500 globally most popular games on the Steam platform indicated that the quantity of play had dramatically increased during key points of the pandemic; that those increases were more prominent for multiplayer games, suggesting that gamers were seeking out the social affordances of video game play; and that play had become more equally distributed across days of the week, suggesting increased merging of leisure activities with work and school activities. These data provide a starting point for empirically grounded discussions on video games during the pandemic, their uses, and potential effects.

scholarly journals Outcomes from a One-Week Adapted Sport and Adapted Adventure Recovery Programme for Military Personnel

Sports ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Peacock ◽  
Jim McKenna ◽  
David Carless ◽  
Carlton Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Course Completion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Mental Health ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Background: The Battle Back Centre offers a bespoke, Self Determination Theory-oriented adapted sport and adventurous training programme centred on experiential learning and reflection to support the recovery of military personnel. Aim: To identify the short-term impact of participation in the programme on positive mental health and psychological need satisfaction. Method: Participants were 978 wounded, injured and sick (WIS) personnel classified as: Wounded (battle casualties), Injured (non-battle casualties) and Sick (mental/physical illness). Participants completed the Basic Need Satisfaction in General Scale (Gagné, 2003) and Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Well Being Scale (Tennant et al. 2006) on arrival and course completion. Results: All measures of positive mental health and psychological need satisfaction showed statistically significant increases, with a large effect size, from baseline to course completion (mean ± SD change in positive mental health, competence, autonomy and relatedness were 7.19 ± 9.61, 0.46 ± 0.9, 0.27 ± 0.84, 0.26 ± 0.86, respectively, p < 0.05). While the average magnitude of the intervention effect for positive mental health (16%) is comparable or greater than other reported interventions, changes were achieved in a shorter time. Conclusion: Findings highlight the positive short-term effect adapted sport and adventurous activities have for WIS personnel. Declaration of interest: Work supported by The Royal British Legion.

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