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Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG): Association between its addiction, self-control and mental disorders among young people in Vietnam

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  • Dinh Thai Son
  • Junko Yasuoka
  • Krishna C. Poudel
  • Keiko Otsuka
  • Masamine Jimba

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Aims: To explore the association between MMORPG addiction and mental health status, and between self-control ability and mental health status among young male MMORPG players in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 10 computer game rooms were randomly selected out of 77 in five communes in Hanoi. From these game rooms, 350 MMORPG players were purposively recruited as a study group, of whom 344 completed the questionnaire. In the same five communes, 344 non-players were selected as a control group. An online game addiction scale, a self-control scale and the Vietnamese SRQ-20 were used to measure the degree of MMORPG addiction, self-control ability and level of mental disorders. Results: MMORPG players had significantly higher mental disorders scale scores than non-players ( p

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  • Dinh Thai Son & Junko Yasuoka & Krishna C. Poudel & Keiko Otsuka & Masamine Jimba, 2013. "Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG): Association between its addiction, self-control and mental disorders among young people in Vietnam," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 59(6), pages 570-577, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:59:y:2013:i:6:p:570-577
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764012445861
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    1. Kim Bao Giang & Peter Allebeck & Gunnar Kullgren & Nguyen van Tuan, 2006. "The Vietnamese Version of the Self Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20) in Detecting Mental Disorders in Rural Vietnam: A Validation Study," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 52(2), pages 175-184, March.
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    1. Donata Tania Vergura & Beatrice Luceri, 2017. "Predict excessive use of Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games: The role of social anxiety and identification with the character," MERCATI & COMPETITIVIT?, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2017(4), pages 19-35.

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