Relationship Between Character Traits and Social Avoidance With Internet Gaming Disorder Severity

With gaming’s rising prevalence, understanding the psychological functioning of people throughout a spread of web gaming dysfunction (IGD) severity is essential. This research replicates and extends Bonnaire and Baptista’s (2019) analysis on DSM-5 IGD in European younger adults, analyzing alexithymia, anxiousness, maladaptive character traits and interpersonal issues with a US pattern. A various group of 205 younger adults (imply age = 20.41, 73% feminine) accomplished an nameless survey assessing IGD utilizing the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF; Pontes and Griffiths 2015), gaming kind, alexithymia, anxiousness, maladaptive character traits and interpersonal issues. IGDS9-SF successfully distinguished regular players (IGD standards = 0) from dangerous players (IGD standards = 1-6), with the latter exhibiting considerably better pathology throughout all measures (p < 0.01). While gaming kind confirmed no total vital variations, players who most well-liked extra role-playing platforms trended towards reporting extra interpersonal issues than players preferring motion video games (p = 0.059). Overall IGD severity was additionally considerably correlated with better pathology on all measures (p < 0.001). Specifically, disinhibition (impulsivity and poor self-control) and socially avoidant interpersonal issues emerged because the strongest distinctive predictors of IGD severity, suggesting that interventions concentrating on impulsivity, interpersonal functioning and social abilities could also be significantly helpful within the remedy of IGD points. Findings underscore IGD’s connections to emotional, character and interpersonal elements, informing medical evaluation and remedy.