games With over two billion players globally, video gaming is a very popular leisure activity (Newzoo, 2017). Excessive video gaming, however, has been highlighted by the media and experts as a possible threat. The goal of this study was to provide insight on the relationship between video gaming and psychological functioning in gamers. 2,734 people (2,377 men, 357 women, Mage = 23.06, SDage = 5.91) were given questionnaires on their personality and psychological health, as well as their video gaming activities. In terms of psychological symptoms, affectivity, coping, and self-esteem, the findings demonstrated a medium-sized unfavourable association between problematic video gaming and psychological functioning. Furthermore, gamers' motivations for playing and favourite game genres were shown to be associated to psychological functioning in varied ways, with the most striking findings for distraction-motivated and action game players. Future research is needed to determine if thes...
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