Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Graham, Steven

Keywords

Social Psychology, Personality, Video Games

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

The growing popularity of multiplayer video games and online communication has introduced a whole new virtual place for human communication and social activity. Video games in particular have very unique social dynamics involving their virtual space. Unfortunately not very much psychological research has been devoted to understanding and analyzing in-game behavior and how it relates to the player. In the current study, 272 participants recruited from an online gaming forum were given a questionnaire including a measure of in-game sociability, a slightly modified version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Short-form scale (ECR-S), as well as a measure of video game addiction. The results supported the hypothesis that avoidant personalities are less sociable during multiplayer gaming, and also revealed some interesting relations between age, attachment styles, and video game addiction.

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