Gaming and subjective well-being, hyperactivity, impulsiveness and attention

Ovo istraživanje bavilo se proučavanjem razine subjektivne dobrobiti, hiperaktivnosti, impulzivnosti i pažnje kod pojedinaca koji ne igraju, igraju ili pate od problematičnog igranja videoigara. Navedenim istraživanjem prikupljeno je 244 sudionika od toga je 134 (54,9%) bilo muškog spola, 107 (43,9%) ženskog spola i 3 (1,2%) se nije htjelo izjasniti. Raspon dobi je bio od 18 do 40 godina, a prosječna dob sudionika iznosila je 24,46 (SD=4,247). Podaci sudionika bili su prikupljeni putem online upitnika koji je bio distribuiran kroz različite društvene mreže. Upitnik je sadržavao Dienerove skale subjektivne dobrobiti (Skala zadovoljstva životom, Skala prosperiteta i Skala pozitivnih i negativnih iskustava) (adaptirane verzije Komšo i Burić, 2016), Skalu hiperaktivnosti – impulzivnosti – pažnje (Vulić-Prtorić, 2006) i Test poremećaja igranja videoigara (Pontes i sur., 2019). Za provjeravanje hipoteza koristila se MANOVA i njeni rezultati su pokazali kako postoji statistički značajna razlika u razinama subjektivne dobrobiti i to na način da sudionici koji ne igraju videoigre imaju najveću razinu subjektivne dobrobiti, a najmanju razinu ostvarili su problematični igrači. Problematični igrači su u prosjeku bili statistički značajno hiperaktivniji, impulzivniji i imali više problema s pažnjom u usporedbi s neigračima i igračima, a najmanje problema pokazali su igrači koji umjereno igraju videoigre. Nije pronađena statistički značajna povezanost između vremena igranja videoigara i subjektivne dobrobiti, hiperaktivnosti, impulzivnosti i pažnje niti između različitih žanrova videoigara i impulzivnosti i pažnje. Važnost provođenja ovog istraživanja očituje se u tome da se pažnja stavlja na proučavanje efekata videoigara na populaciji igrača koji umjereno igraju videoigre. Na taj način se mogu otkriti pozitivni efekti na subjektivnu dobrobit, pažnju, hiperaktivnost i impulzivnost koje pružaju videoigre. Rezultati ovog istraživanja daju bolji uvid u područje videoigara i kako one mogu doprinjeti kvaliteti života. Vidi se moguća implementacija rezultata na organizaciju preventivnih mjera i tretmana kroz videoigre kako bi se poboljšala subjektivna dobrobit, ali i cijelokupna zdravstvena slika pojedincana.This study examined the levels of subjective well-being, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and attention in individuals who don’t play, play or suffer from problematic videogame play. The survey gathered 244 participants, of which 134 (54.9%) were male, 107 (43.9%) female and 3 (1.2%) did not want to disclose their gender. The age range was 18 to 40 years with an average age of 24.46 (sd=4.247). Participant data were collected through an online questionnaire that was distributed through various social networks. The questionnaire included Diener's scales of subjective wellbeing (Satisfaction with Life Scale, Flourishing Scale and Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences) (adapted versions by Komšo and Burić, 2016), Scale of hyperactivity-impulsivityattention (Vulić-Prtorić, 2006) and The Gaming Disorder Test (Pontes et al., 2019). MANOVA was used to test the hypotheses and its results showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the levels of subjective well-being in such a way that participants who do not play video games had the highest level of subjective well-being and the lowest level was achieved by problematic players. Problematic players were, on average, statistically significantly more hyperactive, more impulsive, and had more attention problems compared to non-players and gamers, and the least problems were shown by players who play video games moderately. There was no statistically significant association between video game playing time and subjective wellbeing, hyperactivity, impulsivity and attention nor between different genres and impulsivity and attention. The importance of conducting this research is evident in the fact that the main focus of this research is studying the effects of video games on the population of gamers who play video games moderately. In this way, the positive effects on subjective well-being, attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity provided by video games can be discovered. The results of this research provide a better insight into the field of video games and how they can contribute to the quality of life. There is a possibility of implementing the results on the organization of preventive measures and treatment through video in order to improve the subjective well-being, but also the overall health picture of individuals