Younger male gamers report more anti-social motivations; pro-social gaming is more prevalent in older gamers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2017: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Younger male gamers were most likely to report anti-social gaming motivations, while pro-social gaming was more prevalent in older gamers. → Nicholas David Bowman 2012

Evidence¶

Nicholas David Bowman 2012¶

Nicholas David Bowman, Daniel Schultheiss, and Christina Schumann. (2012). 'I'm Attached, and I'm a Good Guy/Gal!': How Character Attachment Influences Pro- and Anti-Social Motivations to Play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2011.0311

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Regression results from the survey of 450 MMORPG players: in Table 2, gender (beta = -0.160, p < 0.01) and age (beta = -0.201, p < 0.001) significantly predicted anti-social motivations; in Table 1, age was not a significant pro-social predictor in the final model.

"In general, younger male gamers who were highly skilled, had a higher suspension of disbelief and who had a decreased sense of responsibility were most likely to game with anti-social motivations"

Discussion¶

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