Assessing Problematic Video Gaming Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of Dutch Young People

Autor/inn/en	Haagsma, Maria C.; King, Daniel L.; Pieterse, Marcel E.; Peters, Oscar
Titel	Assessing Problematic Video Gaming Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of Dutch Young People
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 11 (2013) 2, S.172-185 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-1874
DOI	10.1007/s11469-012-9407-0
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Vocational Schools; Foreign Countries; Statistical Data; Young Adults; Video Games; Mental Disorders; Predictor Variables; Behavior Patterns; Models; Risk; Screening Tests; Self Control; Therapy; Longitudinal Studies; Scores; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Ausland; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Prädiktor; Analogiemodell; Risiko; Screening-Verfahren; Selbstbeherrschung; Therapie; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Niederlande
Abstract	Although excessive video gaming has been linked to a range of psychological problems in young people, there have been few systematic attempts to conceptualize problem gaming using established psychological theory. The aim of this study was to examine problematic game use (PGU) using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). A two-wave, six-month longitudinal study examined relationships between core components of the TPB model, video gaming activity and problematic video-game play. Respondents were recruited from nine pre-vocational and senior vocational schools in the western region of the Netherlands. The sample consisted of 810 video game-playing adolescents and young adults (72.8% boys) aged 12 to 22 years. The results showed that TPB predictors, including subjective norm, perceived behavioral control (PBC) and descriptive norm, explained 13% of the variance in video gaming intention. Although TBP variables accounted for a significant amount of variance in PGU scores at baseline, the TPB model was less useful in predicting future gaming behavior and PGU. Perceived behavioral control was found to be the most important factor in predicting problem video-gaming behavior, this has some practical implications with regard to the treatment of problem video-gaming among young people. For example, assessing a client's perceived lack of control over gaming may be a simple but useful screening measure to evaluate risk of future problem play. Furthermore, treatment strategies may be aimed at helping the client to rebuild self-control. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10