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  • Behavioral Science

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  • Online gaming addiction is a growing concern.
  • Understanding the psychological underpinnings of gaming addiction is crucial.

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  • To investigate the relationship between social motivations and online gaming addiction.
  • To determine if personality traits mediate this connection.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Bernstein's interpersonal dependency concepts and Charlton and Danforth's gaming addiction model.
  • Administered an online questionnaire to 4,074 online gamers.
  • Employed regression models to analyze gaming addiction and engagement.

Main Results:

  • Dysfunctional detachment and destructive overdependence positively correlated with online gaming addiction.
  • Healthy dependency showed a negative correlation with addiction.
  • Social motivation played a negligible role in explaining addiction.

Conclusions:

  • Healthy interpersonal functioning may be protective against online gaming addiction.
  • High in-game engagement appears distinct from addiction, with limited explanatory factors found in this study.