The reltionship between motives for gaming and self-concept clarity with tendency toward problematic gaming

Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost motiva za igranje videoigara i jasnoće pojma o sebi sa sklonosti prema problematičnom igranju videoigara, te istražiti postoje li razlike između rekreativnih, rizičnih i problematičnih igrača u motivima za igranje videoigara. U istraživanju su analizirani podaci od 509 igrača (M=23.14, SD=4.66) videoigara mlađe odrasle dobi iz Republike Hrvatske. Mjerni instrumenti korišteni u istraživanju putem online ankete su Upitnik motiva za igranje online videoigara (eng. Motives For Online Gaming Questionnaire – MOGQ), Skala jasnoće pojma o sebi (eng. Self-Concept Clarity Scale – SCC) i Skala problematičnog igranja videoigara (eng. The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale – IGD-9). Problematično igranje videoigara bilo je u pozitivnoj korelaciji s motivima društvenosti, natjecateljstva, nošenja s problemima, fantaziranja i eskapizma te u negativnoj s jasnoćom pojma o sebi. Utvrđeno je da su, nakon kontrole dobi i vremena provedenog u igranju videoigara, motivi za igranje videoigara i jasnoća pojma o sebi zajedno objasnili 22.4% varijance problematičnog igranja videoigara. Pri tome su motiv eskapizma i jasnoća pojma bili prediktori sa značajnim doprinosom u objašnjenju problematičnog igranja videoigara. Nadalje, utvrđeno je da se sve tri skupine igrača međusobno statistički značajno razlikuju u motivima eskapizma i fantaziranja, dok se u motivima društvenosti, natjecateljstva i nošenja s problemima rekreativni igrači značajno razlikuju od rizičnih i problematičnih.The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between motivation for playing online video games and the self-concept clarity with problematic online gaming, and also to investigate differences between recreational, at-risk and problematic players in their motivation for playing online video games. Data from 509 (M=23.14, SD=4.66) young adult video game players from Croatia were analyzed. Research was conducted online and included Motives For Online Gaming Questionnaire (MOGQ), Self-Concept Clarity Scale (SCC) and The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGD-9). Problematic online gaming was in low correlation with social, competition, coping and fantasy motives and in medium correlation with escape motive and self-concept clarity. It was found that after the control for age and time spent playing video games, motives for playing online video games and self-concept clarity together explain 22.4% variability of problematic online gaming. Significant predictors of problematic online gaming were escape motive and self-concept clarity. Additionally, it was found that all three categories of players are significantly different in escape and fantasy motives, while recreational players are significantly different than at-risk and problematic players in social, competition and coping motives