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Spending money in free-to-play games: Sociodemographic characteristics, motives, impulsivity and internet gaming disorder specificities (2022)
Auteur(s) :
COSTES, J. M. ;
BONNAIRE, C.
Dans :
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol.19, n°23, December 2022)
Année
2022
Page(s) :
art. 15709
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEU VIDEO
;
INTERNET
;
DEPENSE
;
ARGENT
;
PROFIL SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIQUE
;
MOTIVATION
;
USAGE PROBLEMATIQUE
;
IMPULSIVITE
Autres mots-clés
Résumé :
Free-to-Play games (F2P) have spread widely all over the world in recent years. The current economic model for these games is based on microtransactions, where gamers can purchase additional items or services inside the game. The aim of the present study was (1) to describe the profiles and gaming patterns of F2P gamers, and (2) to compare F2P gamers who spend money and those who do not, in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, gaming experience, motivations, impulsivity, and risk of Internet gaming disorder (IGD), in a representative sample of 5062 French online gamers. Among the total sample, 68.6% were past-year F2P gamers. Among the F2P gamers, 26.1% had spent money in the game. Spending in the game was strongly associated with IGD (6.9% of F2P gamers were disordered gamers). Flow (gaming experience) and escape (motivation) were strongly associated with spending in the game and IGD. Negative urgency (impulsivity) was positively associated with spending in the game while positive urgency was positively associated with IGD. Given the strong association between spending in the game and IGD, these results highlight the importance of prevention and regulation in the field.
Affiliation :
Research Chair on Gambling, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université Paris Cité, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université Paris Cité, Boulogne-Billancourt, France