User-Avatar Bond 2.0 : Development of a new-old scale and its
association with gaming disorder and life satisfaction

a 2023

User-Avatar Bond 2.0 : Development of a new-old scale and its association with gaming disorder and life satisfaction

BLINKA, Lukas, Dita SIŘÍNKOVÁ a Andrea STAŠEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

User-Avatar Bond 2.0 : Development of a new-old scale and its association with gaming disorder and life satisfaction

Autoři

BLINKA, Lukas, Dita SIŘÍNKOVÁ a Andrea STAŠEK

Vydání

8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions August 23–25, 2023 Incheon, South Korea, 2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Konferenční abstrakt

Obor

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Stát vydavatele

Korejská republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Book of abstracts

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 7.800 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISSN

Změněno: 29. 1. 2024 10:27, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Background: This study aims at upgrading the User-Avatar Bond (UAB) scale (Blinka, 2008), one of the oldest measures of its type, by improving its existing items and adding more items for exploring new dimensions Methods: 6,391 adult gamers (Mage = 26.31; SD = 7.04; 83.4% males) completed the online questionnaire that included a pool of 30 items of the UAB2.0, the Gaming Disorder Test (GDT), and the Satisfaction With Life (SWL) scale. Exploratory graph analysis and a set of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were employed to assess the UAB2.0. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the association between dimensions of UAB2.0, GDT, and SWL. Results: The final CFA model included 19 items, showed excellent fit to data, and identified 4 factors: Unity between self and avatar, Compensation of gamer’s weaknesses by avatar’s superior characteristics, Influence of the avatar upon gamer’s behavior and feelings (Proteus effect), and Emotional bond. Compensation, Bond, and Influence were moderately associated with gaming disorder (β = .32, .26., and .23). SWL was moderately related to Compensation (β = -.33), and weakly to Influence and Bond (β = -.12 and -.11). Discussion & Conclusions: UAB2.0 is a promising tool for studying patterns of players´ identification with their gaming avatars. An avatar perceived as compensative by the gamer is especially predictive of gaming disorder and lower satisfaction with life.

Návaznosti

GA21-30769S, projekt VaV

Název: Závislost na hraní počítačových her v longitudinální a psychodynamické perspektivě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Závislost na hraní počítačových her v longitudinální a psychodynamické perspektivě

Citovat

BLINKA, Lukas, Dita SIŘÍNKOVÁ a Andrea STAŠEK. User-Avatar Bond 2.0 : Development of a new-old scale and its association with gaming disorder and life satisfaction. In 8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions August 23–25, 2023 Incheon, South Korea. 2023. ISSN 2062-5871.

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BLINKA, Lukas, Dita SIŘÍNKOVÁ a Andrea STAŠEK. User-Avatar Bond 2.0 : Development of a new-old scale and its association with gaming disorder and life satisfaction. In \textit{8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions August 23–25, 2023 Incheon, South Korea}. 2023. ISSN~2062-5871.

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