Spela för att reglera: Emotionsreglering, spelbeteende och problematiskt datorspelande
(2020) PSPR14 20201Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Tidigare forskning har visat att vissa personer spelar datorspel på ett sätt som leder till att de förlorar kontrollen över sitt spelande och försummar andra delar av sina liv. Forskare inom fältet har däremot haft svårigheter att skilja på personer med ett engagerat och ett problematiskt spelande. Syftet med den aktuella tvärsnittsstudien var att undersöka samband mellan datorspelsvanor, emotionsregleringsförmåga, emotionsregleringsstrategier och problematiskt datorspelande. Datainsamling skedde genom en onlineenkät och deltagarna rekryterades via sociala medier och onlineforum. Urvalet var internationellt och bestod av 2681 datorspelare som var 16 år eller äldre. Ett centralt fynd var att tid spenderad på datorspelsrelaterade aktiviteter... (More)
- Tidigare forskning har visat att vissa personer spelar datorspel på ett sätt som leder till att de förlorar kontrollen över sitt spelande och försummar andra delar av sina liv. Forskare inom fältet har däremot haft svårigheter att skilja på personer med ett engagerat och ett problematiskt spelande. Syftet med den aktuella tvärsnittsstudien var att undersöka samband mellan datorspelsvanor, emotionsregleringsförmåga, emotionsregleringsstrategier och problematiskt datorspelande. Datainsamling skedde genom en onlineenkät och deltagarna rekryterades via sociala medier och onlineforum. Urvalet var internationellt och bestod av 2681 datorspelare som var 16 år eller äldre. Ett centralt fynd var att tid spenderad på datorspelsrelaterade aktiviteter har en liknande relation till problematiskt spelande som speltid, ett samband som inte tidigare undersökts. Resultatet visade att förmåga att reglera såväl positiva som negativa emotioner har unika samband med problematiskt spelande. Vidare visade resultat att problematiskt datorspelande kännetecknas av en bristande förmåga att tolerera, och reglera beteendemässiga aspekter av, emotioner. Emotionsregleringsstrategierna distraktion och dämpa känslouttryck visade särskilt tydliga samband med problematiskt datorspelande. Den aktuella studien var den första att samtidigt undersöka emotionsregleringsförmåga och olika emotionsregleringsstrategiers relation till problematiskt datorspelande. Resultaten visade att båda är viktiga att beakta vid förståelsen av problematiskt datorspelande. (Less)
- Abstract
- Research has shown that some people’s gaming habits lead them to lose control over their gaming and neglect other aspects of their lives. The field however has had issues separating engaged gaming from problematic gaming. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between gaming habits, emotion regulation ability, emotion regulation strategies and problematic gaming. Data was collected via an online survey and participants were recruited on social media and online forums. The sample was international and consisted of 2681 gamers aged 16 years or older. An important result was that time spent on gaming-related activities had a similar relationship with problematic gaming as gaming time, a relationship no previous... (More)
- Research has shown that some people’s gaming habits lead them to lose control over their gaming and neglect other aspects of their lives. The field however has had issues separating engaged gaming from problematic gaming. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between gaming habits, emotion regulation ability, emotion regulation strategies and problematic gaming. Data was collected via an online survey and participants were recruited on social media and online forums. The sample was international and consisted of 2681 gamers aged 16 years or older. An important result was that time spent on gaming-related activities had a similar relationship with problematic gaming as gaming time, a relationship no previous research has examined. The results also showed that the ability to regulate positive emotions had an association with problematic gaming. This effect remained when controlling for the ability to regulate negative emotions. Problematic gaming seems to be characterized by difficulties tolerating emotions and regulating the behavioral aspects of emotions. The emotion regulation strategies distraction and suppression showed the most significant associations with problematic gaming. This study was the first to simultaneously assess emotion regulation ability and emotion regulation strategies’ relationship with problematic gaming. The results indicate that both factors are important in understanding problematic gaming. (Less)
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- author
- Einarsson, Isak LU and Hultin, Adam LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- emotionsreglering, emotionsregleringsstrategier, emotionsregleringsförmåga, speltid, datorspelsbeteende, problematiskt datorspelande, IGD, datorspelsrelaterade aktiviteter, distraktion, dämpa känslouttryck
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9012717
- date added to LUP
- 2020-06-04 14:51:29
- date last changed
- 2020-06-04 14:51:29
@misc{9012717,
abstract = {{Research has shown that some people’s gaming habits lead them to lose control over their gaming and neglect other aspects of their lives. The field however has had issues separating engaged gaming from problematic gaming. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between gaming habits, emotion regulation ability, emotion regulation strategies and problematic gaming. Data was collected via an online survey and participants were recruited on social media and online forums. The sample was international and consisted of 2681 gamers aged 16 years or older. An important result was that time spent on gaming-related activities had a similar relationship with problematic gaming as gaming time, a relationship no previous research has examined. The results also showed that the ability to regulate positive emotions had an association with problematic gaming. This effect remained when controlling for the ability to regulate negative emotions. Problematic gaming seems to be characterized by difficulties tolerating emotions and regulating the behavioral aspects of emotions. The emotion regulation strategies distraction and suppression showed the most significant associations with problematic gaming. This study was the first to simultaneously assess emotion regulation ability and emotion regulation strategies’ relationship with problematic gaming. The results indicate that both factors are important in understanding problematic gaming.}},
author = {{Einarsson, Isak and Hultin, Adam}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Spela för att reglera: Emotionsreglering, spelbeteende och problematiskt datorspelande}},
year = {{2020}},
}