A systematic review and investigation of avatar- and self-related processes and problematic gaming
| dc.contributor.author | Green, Racquel | |
| dc.contributor.school | School of Psychology | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | This item is only available electronically. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Many games feature avatars that enable adoption of, and experimentation with, roles and identities. How avatar- and self-related processes develop and maintain gaming disorder (GD) is unclear. This review examined 18 quantitative studies of avatar- and self-related concepts and problematic gaming, including 13 survey-based and 5 neuroimaging studies. Survey-based studies consistently reported that negative self-concept, avatar identification, and large self-avatar discrepancies were associated with problematic gaming. Poor selfconcept appears to be a GD risk factor. Further research should explain how avatars relate to GD’s addictive mechanisms (e.g., cognitive distortions, reward-seeking), amid calls for GDrelated interventions to focus on avatar identification. | en |
| dc.description.dissertation | Thesis (M.Psych(Clinical)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Psychology, 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/131397 | |
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| dc.subject | Masters; Psychology; Clinical | en |
| dc.title | A systematic review and investigation of avatar- and self-related processes and problematic gaming | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
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