Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG): Association between its addiction, self-control and mental disorders among young people in Vietnam

Dinh Thai Son, Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C. Poudel, Keiko Otsuka and Masamine Jimba

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2013, vol. 59, issue 6, 570-577

Abstract: Aims: To explore the association between MMORPG addiction and mental health status, and between self-control ability and mental health status among young male MMORPG players in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 10 computer game rooms were randomly selected out of 77 in five communes in Hanoi. From these game rooms, 350 MMORPG players were purposively recruited as a study group, of whom 344 completed the questionnaire. In the same five communes, 344 non-players were selected as a control group. An online game addiction scale, a self-control scale and the Vietnamese SRQ-20 were used to measure the degree of MMORPG addiction, self-control ability and level of mental disorders. Results: MMORPG players had significantly higher mental disorders scale scores than non-players ( p

Keywords: Massively multiplayer online role-playing games; MMORPG addiction; self-control; mental disorders; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764012445861

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