Stress and Self-Control as Predictors of Mobile Game Addiction Among Chinese University Students

DOI

10.2991/sohe-18.2018.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mobile Game Addiction, Stress, Self-Control

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to discuss the behaviors of using mobile games and the causes of mobile game addiction among Chinese university students. Based on uses and gratifications theory, stress and self-control, these three aspects were used to analyze the motivations of mobile games use among university students. The study used a multi-stage sampling method and a sample of Chinese university students from eight departments of four universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an and Jinan was selected. 907 questionnaires were distributed and the number of valid questionnaires was 416. The results show that social pressure and academic pressure are positively related to mobile game addiction, self-control ability is negatively related to mobile game addiction.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiao Han
AU  - Mengjun Li
AU  - Ziqi Jiang
AU  - Zhouzhou Zhou
PY  - 2018/05
DA  - 2018/05
TI  - Stress and Self-Control as Predictors of Mobile Game Addiction Among Chinese University Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 Symposium on Health and Education (SOHE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 15
EP  - 22
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/sohe-18.2018.3
DO  - 10.2991/sohe-18.2018.3
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