To play or not to play: A quantitative study on online game addiction and its relationship with the big 5 personality traits

Date of Publication

2012

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Chester Howard Lee

Defense Panel Chair

Adrianne John R. Galang

Abstract/Summary

This study investigated the relationship of the personality traits in the Big-Five Theory, which are Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, agreeableness and Neuroticism to Online game Addiction. Previous researches about the topic did not use all of the personality traits in the big five, and others used a different type of personality model. The researchers then used this theory to know more about online game addiction. A total of 150 students from different universities in Metro Manila participated in the study through 3 responses were omitted. The Big Five Inventory Scale was used to measure personality while Online Game Addiction Diagnostic Scale was used to measure the tendency of getting addicted to online games. In the multiple and stepwise regression analysis that were executed, the researchers found out that low conscientiousness and one's sex can significantly predict the tendency of online game addiction. The result implies that males are more susceptible to getting addicted to online games and if one's conscientiousness is low, he or she is more at risk of getting addicted to online games than those who have levels of conscientiousness.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU16836

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

79 leaves, 29 cm.

Keywords

Video game addiction; Video gamers--Psychology

Embargo Period

4-12-2021

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