[lbo-talk] videogamers: a profile

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 3 13:01:18 PDT 2010


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Significant differences between video-game players and nonplayers are evident within both domains of personal determinants (Table 2). Video-game players reported more depression, lower extraversion, and greater psychoticism than nonplayers. Differences are also evident for three of the five measures in the health-assessment domain: Video- game players reported lower health status, a higher frequency of poor-mental-health days, and higher BMI.

Significant differences between video-game players and nonplayers within both domains of environmental determinants are also evident (Table 2). Video-game players reported that they received less social support from family members and friends and that they per- ceived the Internet community as a positive social support. Video-game players also estimated that they spent more time using both the Internet and TV.T2



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