The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior

The COVID-19 Pandemic forced many individuals to stay home and practice social distancing. One way to combat loneliness was to play games. The increasing implementation of loot box systems in modern games can expose gamers to problematic gaming and gambling behaviors. This study investigated the mod...

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Main Authors: Santos, Michelle Nicole Pasion, Cowper, Travis Mitchel Meily, Song, Hyock Ho
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:etdb_psych-10562023-05-12T00:36:29Z The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior Santos, Michelle Nicole Pasion Cowper, Travis Mitchel Meily Song, Hyock Ho The COVID-19 Pandemic forced many individuals to stay home and practice social distancing. One way to combat loneliness was to play games. The increasing implementation of loot box systems in modern games can expose gamers to problematic gaming and gambling behaviors. This study investigated the moderating role of loneliness in the relationship between loot box engagement and problematic gaming behavior and problem gambling behavior among gamers in the Philippine setting. The study used a predictive cross-sectional design and analyzed 91 participants who have regularly engaged with loot box systems. Despite the small sample size, the study has acceptable power based on a compromise power analysis. The results suggested that loot box engagement positively predicts both gambling and gaming behaviors and that loneliness moderates the relationship of loot box to gambling but not the relationship of loot boxes to gaming. The findings of this study may have implications for the benefit of gamers, game publishers and developers, clinical practitioners, and future researchers. The present study can contribute to the development of interventions aimed at reducing problematic gaming behavior and problem gambling behavior among gamers. Keywords: loneliness, loot box engagement, problematic gambling behavior, problematic gaming behavior 2023-03-30T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_psych/25 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdb_psych/article/1056/viewcontent/2023_Cowper_Santos_Song_The_Moderating_Role_of_Loneliness_on_the_Relationship_Full_text.pdf Psychology Bachelor's Theses English Animo Repository Compulsive gambling Loneliness Psychology
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
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language English
topic Compulsive gambling
Loneliness
Psychology
spellingShingle Compulsive gambling
Loneliness
Psychology
Santos, Michelle Nicole Pasion
Cowper, Travis Mitchel Meily
Song, Hyock Ho
The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
description The COVID-19 Pandemic forced many individuals to stay home and practice social distancing. One way to combat loneliness was to play games. The increasing implementation of loot box systems in modern games can expose gamers to problematic gaming and gambling behaviors. This study investigated the moderating role of loneliness in the relationship between loot box engagement and problematic gaming behavior and problem gambling behavior among gamers in the Philippine setting. The study used a predictive cross-sectional design and analyzed 91 participants who have regularly engaged with loot box systems. Despite the small sample size, the study has acceptable power based on a compromise power analysis. The results suggested that loot box engagement positively predicts both gambling and gaming behaviors and that loneliness moderates the relationship of loot box to gambling but not the relationship of loot boxes to gaming. The findings of this study may have implications for the benefit of gamers, game publishers and developers, clinical practitioners, and future researchers. The present study can contribute to the development of interventions aimed at reducing problematic gaming behavior and problem gambling behavior among gamers. Keywords: loneliness, loot box engagement, problematic gambling behavior, problematic gaming behavior
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author Santos, Michelle Nicole Pasion
Cowper, Travis Mitchel Meily
Song, Hyock Ho
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Cowper, Travis Mitchel Meily
Song, Hyock Ho
author_sort Santos, Michelle Nicole Pasion
title The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
title_short The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
title_full The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
title_fullStr The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
title_full_unstemmed The moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
title_sort moderating role of loneliness on the relationship between loot box engagement on problematic gaming behavior and gambling behavior
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