Personality Differences between Online Game Players and Nonplayers in a Student Sample
CyberPsychology & BehaviorPublished 1 April 2008
Ching‐I Teng
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The results indicate that online game players reported higher scores in openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion than did nonplayers.
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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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