Personality differences between online game players and nonplayers in a student sample.

Full Abstract

This study examines the differences in openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion between online game players and nonplayers using a student sample. The matched sample comprised 130 pairs of students, who are paired in gender and age. The results indicate that online game players reported higher scores in openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion than did nonplayers.

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Author information

Author/s: Teng, Ching-I (CI);

Affiliation: Department of Business Administration, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Republic of China. chingit@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society (Cyberpsychol Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 232-4

Dates: Created 2008/04/21; Completed 2008/07/02;

PMID: 18422420, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Female
Humans
Internet

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