Harmonious passion and obsessive passion in playing online games

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 997-1006

  Wang, Chih Chien ^a   Chu, Yi Shiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Addiction; Harmonious; Internet; Obsessive; Online games; Online survey; Passion

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249028174     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.7.997     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Alexa (2005). Internet traffic investigation. Retrieved August, 2007 from www.alexa.com
2. Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103 (3), 411-423.
3. Bagozzi, R. P. (1981). An examination of the validity of two models of attitude. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 16, 323-359.
4. Bagozzi, R. P., Yi, Y., & Phillips, L. W. (1991). Assessing construct validity in organizational research. Administrative Science Quarterly, 36 (3), 421-459.
5. Gefen, D., Straub, D. W., & Boundreau, M. C. (2000). Structural equation modeling and regression: Guidelines for research practice. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 4 (7), 1-70.
6. Hu, L., Bentler, P. M., & Kano, Y. (1992). Can test statistics in covariance structure analysis be trusted? Psychological Bulletin, 112 (2), 351-362.
7. Jiang, J. J., Klein, G., & Carr, C. L. (2002). Measuring information system service quality: SERVQUAL from the other side. MIS Quarterly, 26 (2), 145-166.
8. Lo, S.-K., Wang, C.-C., & Fang, W. (2005). Physical interpersonal relationships and social anxiety among online game players. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8 (1), 15-20.
9. Mageau, G. A., Vallerand, R. J., Rousseau, F. L., Ratelle, C. F., & Provencher, P. J. (2005). Passion and gambling: Investigating the divergent affective and cognitive consequences of gambling. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1) 100-118.
10. Parsons, J. M. (2005). An examination of massively multiplayer online role-playing games as a facilitator of internet addiction. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa, USA.
11. Ratelle, C. F., Vallerand, R. J., Mageau, G. A., Rousseau, F. L., & Provencher, P. (2004). When passion leads to problematic outcomes: A look at gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 20 (2), 105-119.
12. Séguin-Lévesque, C., Laliberté, M. L. N., Pelletier, L. G., Blanchard, C., & Vallerand, R. J. (2003). Harmonious and obsessive passion for the internet: Their associations with the couple's relationship. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33 (1), 197-221.
13. Simkova, B., & Cincera, J. (2004). Internet addiction disorder and chatting in the Czech Republic. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 7 (5), 536-539
14. Vallerand, R. J., Blanchard, C., Mageau, G. A., Koestner, R., Ratelle, C., Léonard, M., Gagné, M., & Marsolais, J. (2003). Les Passions de L'Âme: On obsessive and harmonious passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85 (4), 756-767.
15. Whang, S. M., Lee, S., & Chang, G. (2003). Internet over-users' psychological profiles: A behavior sampling analysis on internet addiction. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 6 (2), 143-150.
16. Young, K. S. (1996). Caught in the net. New York: Wiley & Sons.
17. Young, K. S. (1998). Internet addiction: The emergence of a new clinical disorder. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 1 (3), 237-244.