Are Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games healthy or not and why? Preliminary support for a Compensatory Social Interaction model
| Autor: | David A. Cole, Elizabeth A. Nick, Katherine A. Pulliam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Social aggression
05 social sciences 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Social relation Human-Computer Interaction Social support 0508 media and communications Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Peer victimization Survey data collection Online social support Role playing Path analysis (statistics) Psychology 0503 education Social psychology General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Computers in Human Behavior. 102:57-66 |
| ISSN: | 0747-5632 |
| Popis: | Data and theory have generated mixed results about the positive versus negative psychological effects of massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs). Such games provide opportunities to interact with others in ways that (like in-person groups) can foster cooperation and social support from others; however, they can facilitate social aggression and peer victimization as well. The current study involved multi-group path analysis of survey data obtained from 337 frequent MMORPG users. The paper proposes and supports a Compensatory Social Interaction model in which MMORPG play was simultaneously associated with healthy outcomes as a function of higher online social support and adverse outcomes as a function of online peer victimization. These countervailing processes offset one another, ostensibly suggesting that MMORPG use was unassociated with these outcomes; however, follow-up analyses revealed that the kind of outcome depended on individuals’ levels of online social support versus victimization. Results are interpreted in light of the Compensatory Social Interaction model and possible clinical applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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