Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 651-657.

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Online Game Addiction:Effects and Mechanisms of Flow Experience

WEI Hua1,2, ZHOU Zong-kui1,2, TIAN Yuan1,2, BAO Na1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079;
    2. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2012-11-15 Published:2012-11-15

Abstract: This study examined the effects of flow experience on online game addiction and its mechanism and antecedents.A total of 491 male undergraduate students took part in the current study.The results showed that(1) Flow experience was significantly and positively related to online game addiction,control and challenge;online game addiction was significantly and positively related to control and challenge.(2)Flow experience played a full mediating role in challenge's effect on online game addiction,indicating that an indirect effect of challenge on online game addiction;flow experience had a partial mediating effect between control and online game addiction, revealing direct and indirect effects of the control on online game addiction.

Key words: undergraduate students, online game addiction, flow experience, control, challenge

CLC Number: 

  • B844.3
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