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01-02-2010 | Empirical Research

More Than a Just a Game: Video Game and Internet Use During Emerging Adulthood

Auteurs: Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Larry J. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll, Alexander C. Jensen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2010

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to gain a clearer understanding of the pattern of video game and internet use among college students and to examine how electronic leisure was related to risk behaviors (i.e., drinking, drug use, sex), perceptions of the self (i.e., self worth and social acceptance), and relationships with others (i.e., relationship quality with parents and friends). Participants included 813 undergraduate students (500 young women, 313 young men, M age = 20, SD = 1.87) who were mainly European American (79%), unmarried (100%) and living outside their parents’ home (90%). Results suggested that (a) video game use was linked to negative outcomes for men and women, (b) different patterns of video game and internet use existed for men and women and (c) there were different relations to risk behaviors, feelings about the self, and relationship quality based on the type of internet use, and based on gender. The discussion focuses on the implications of electronic leisure on the overall health and development of young people as they transition to adulthood.

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Titel: More Than a Just a Game: Video Game and Internet Use During Emerging Adulthood
Auteurs: Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Larry J. Nelson
Jason S. Carroll
Alexander C. Jensen
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-008-9390-8

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