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SynthesisJournal of behavioral addictions2021

The Big Five personality traits and online gaming: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mehdi Akbari, Mohammad Seydavi, Marcantonio M Spada, Shahram Mohammadkhani, Shiva Jamshidi, Alireza Jamaloo, Fatemeh Ayatmehr

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  9. Practical psychiatry: Taking gaming seriously - a primer for psychiatrists on gamers and gaming culture.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2024
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7 authors.

Mehdi Akbari1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1576-5711
Mohammad Seydavi1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Marcantonio M Spada2 Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Shahram Mohammadkhani1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Shiva Jamshidi1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Jamaloo1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh Ayatmehr1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Online gaming has become an essential form of entertainment with the advent of technology and a large sway of research has been undertaken to understand its various permutations. Previous reviews have identified associations between the Big Five personality traits and online gaming, but a systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between these constructs has yet to be undertaken. In the current study we aimed to fill this gap in the literature through a systematic review and meta-analysis comprising of 17 studies and 25,634 individuals (AgeMean = 26.55, males = 75%). The findings showed that agreeableness, extraversion, openness to experience, and neuroticism were not ubiquitously associated with online gaming. The findings showed that only conscientiousness, across samples, had a protective role in online gaming. Furthermore, there were non-significant variations in the Big Five personality traits associations with online gaming when comparing gamers to the general population, younger versus older participants, casual versus 'hardcore' gamers, and high versus low traits (with the exception of neuroticism). As a result of our observations, the underlying mechanisms of individual differences in online gaming remain unclear. Limitations and future directions for research are discussed.

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Video GamesExtraversion, PsychologicalHumansIndividualityMaleNeuroticismPersonalityBig Five personality traitsmeta-analysisonline gamingsystematic review.

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PMID34432645
PMCPMC8997197

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