Flowing in the net of disordered gaming: A network analysis approach

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Addictive Behaviors Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI:10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100606

Tyrone L. Burleigh , Trent Footitt , Michelle Colder Carras , Connor Conkey-Morrison , Dylan R. Poulus , Vasileios Stavropoulos

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Abstract

The experience of online flow, characterized by immersion and time distortion, may enhance gaming enjoyment but also contribute to disordered gaming patterns. The present paper examined online flow components and their associations with disordered gaming symptoms among 565 role-playing-gamers. Network analysis identified the centrality of time distortion and loss of control within flow states and highlighted their connections to disordered gaming indicators, such as impaired control and gaming prioritization. Enjoyment and positive challenge were core features within flow, suggesting they support adaptive engagement. However, pathways linking prolonged immersion with gaming disorder symptoms indicate that intense flow experiences may increase problematic gaming risks. These findings reveal a nuanced interaction between online flow and disordered gaming, where adaptive enjoyment and challenge can coexist with maladaptive control loss. Overall, the findings highlight how elements of flow can differentially affect gaming outcomes, contributing both to healthy engagement and potential disorder.

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在无序游戏的网络中流动：网络分析方法

以沉浸感和时间扭曲为特征的在线流体验可能会提高游戏乐趣，但也会导致游戏模式混乱。本文研究了565名角色扮演游戏玩家的在线心流成分及其与游戏障碍症状的关系。网络分析确定了时间扭曲和流状态中失控的中心，并强调了它们与无序游戏指标（如控制受损和游戏优先级）的联系。乐趣和积极挑战是心流的核心功能，表明它们支持适应性粘性。然而，将长时间沉浸与游戏障碍症状联系起来的途径表明，强烈的心流体验可能会增加有问题的游戏风险。这些发现揭示了在线流和无序游戏之间微妙的相互作用，其中适应性享受和挑战可以与不适应的控制丧失共存。总的来说，研究结果强调了心流元素如何对游戏结果产生不同的影响，既有助于健康的粘性，也有助于潜在的混乱。

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Addictive Behaviors Reports Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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6.80

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71 days

期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors Reports is an open-access and peer reviewed online-only journal offering an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of research in addictive behaviors. The journal accepts submissions that are scientifically sound on all forms of addictive behavior (alcohol, drugs, gambling, Internet, nicotine and technology) with a primary focus on behavioral and psychosocial research. The emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. We are particularly interested in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research. Studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry as well as scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are also very much encouraged. We also welcome multimedia submissions that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings.