Video gamers of League of Legends: The role of passion in abusive use and in performance

Enric Bertran; Andrés Chamarro

doi:https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.787

Video gamers of League of Legends: The role of passion in abusive use and in performance

Enric Bertran, Andrés Chamarro

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© 2016, Edita Socidrogalcohol. All rights reserved. There is growing concern about the addictive potential of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). The Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) is a new genre, poorly studied but very popular, in which performance holds priority over immersion. The aim of the current study was to explore the influence of passion both on abuse and performance, using the dualistic model of passion. A total of 369 participants completed an online questionnaire that included problematic use and the Passion Scale. From players’ nicknames, performance statistics were obtained. The results show that harmonious passion is a protector from negative consequences. On the other hand, obsessive passion predicts negative consequences and use of videogames for evasion. Obsessive passion also predicts better performance. These results suggest that distinguishing the two kinds of passion is important because they influence vulnerability to developing maladaptive behaviors and also players’ performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-34
Journal	Adicciones
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.787 https://doi.org/10.20882/ADICCIONES.787
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2016

Keywords

Internet gaming disorder
League of legends
Multiplayer online battle arena
Passion
Performance 2016

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