Table 2 Descriptive analysis of gaming motivations and IGD symptoms across two time points (N = 2148)
Items | T1 | T2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaming motivations | None (%) | Yes (%) | None (%) | Yes (%) |
M1: Playing with friends | 28.2 | 71.8 | 26.9 | 73.1 |
M2: Meeting new friends | 68.9 | 31.1 | 69.3 | 30.7 |
M3: Sense of victory | 54.6 | 45.4 | 54.7 | 45.3 |
M4: Forgetting to be upset | 42.6 | 57.4 | 42.8 | 57.2 |
M5: Daily entertainment | 24.3 | 75.7 | 24.3 | 75.7 |
M6: Exciting and fun | 55.2 | 44.8 | 53.2 | 46.8 |
M7: I am good at it | 78.4 | 21.6 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
M8: Like the character/story | 67.7 | 32.3 | 61.3 | 38.7 |
M9: Sense of achievement | 62.2 | 37.8 | 54.1 | 45.9 |
M10: Coping with stress | 57.3 | 42.7 | 56.7 | 43.3 |
M11: Improvement of ability and mindset | 64.9 | 35.1 | 65.5 | 34.5 |
M12: Enjoy being in the gaming world | 74.0 | 26.0 | 70.0 | 30.0 |
IGD symptoms | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Preoccupation | 3.00 | 1.23 | 3.02 | 1.22 |
Tolerance | 3.55 | 1.37 | 3.60 | 1.34 |
Gaming despite harms | 2.99 | 1.36 | 3.06 | 1.34 |
Loss of control | 3.02 | 1.45 | 2.90 | 1.33 |
Withdrawal | 2.49 | 1.34 | 2.49 | 1.26 |
Conflict due to gaming | 2.88 | 1.49 | 2.98 | 1.47 |
Loss of non-gaming interests | 2.49 | 1.33 | 2.58 | 1.30 |