Online Game Addiction：The Effects of Competition, Cooperation and Flow Experience

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationship between competition, cooperation, flow experience and game addiction in online games, a total of 465 male college students took part in this study. The results of correlation analysis revealed that online game addiction was significantly positively related to competition, cooperation and flow experience in online games. Structural equation modeling analysis showed that competition in online games could not only positively influence online game addiction directly, but also influence it through the mediation effect of flow experience; cooperation in online games did not affect the flow experience, but could negatively forecast online game addiction.

Key words: competition, cooperation, flow experience, online game addiction

摘要： 以465名男大学生为被试，考察了网络游戏中的竞争、合作、沉醉感和网络游戏成瘾之间的关系。结果发现：（1）网络游戏中的竞争、合作、沉醉感和网络游戏成瘾之间均呈显著正相关。（2）网络游戏中的竞争除了可以直接对网络成瘾产生正向影响，还可以通过沉醉感的中介作用对网络成瘾产生正向影响，沉醉感在竞争与网络成瘾之间起到部分中介作用；网络游戏中的合作对沉醉感没有影响，对网络游戏成瘾有负向的预测作用。

关键词: 竞争, 合作, 沉醉感, 网络游戏成瘾。

CLC Number:

B849

Wei Hua, Zhou Zongkui, Tian Yuan, Ding Qian, Xiong Jie. Online Game Addiction：The Effects of Competition, Cooperation and Flow Experience[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(2): 264-269.

魏华,周宗奎,田媛,丁倩,熊婕. 网络游戏成瘾：竞争、合作体验与沉醉感的影响^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(2): 264-269.

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