It’s not just about how long you play. Indirect gaming involvement and genre preferences in predicting gaming disorder risk: evidence from preregistered studies

IntroductionThe strength of the association between gaming involvement and gaming disorder is weak to moderate. Gamers cannot be directly involved in gaming all the time, but how much they are involved in activities indirectly related to gaming during gaming-free time may play an important role. Also, specific game genres may matter. The present investigation focuses on the role of indirect gaming involvement and genres in gaming disorder risk prediction.MethodsTwo pre-registered studies were conducted. Study 1 (N = 205) was conducted online, whereas Study 2 (N = 250) was conducted in a lab. In both cases, participants reported their direct and indirect involvement in gaming (DGI and IGI, respectively) and completed a screening tool that estimates the risk of gaming disorder (Gaming Disorder Test).ResultsBoth IGI and DGI were weakly to moderately correlated with gaming disorder (GD) and moderately with each other. The correlations between DGI and GD were similar to those obtained in related studies; the correlation between IGI and GD has not been previously reported. Hierarchical regression that took IGI together with DGI into account showed an increase in the percentage of explained variance, but only in Study 1. Contrary to expectations, IGI did not interact with DGI. As is consistent with previous research, some game genres were found to be more closely related to GD than others: in both studies, this was an RPG; in Study 1, this was also an MMORPG; in Study 2, driving and shooting games also predicted GD risk.DiscussionOverall, the results clearly indicate that not only gaming time plays a role in GD risk assessment: IGI can also predict it and in some cases may allow for more accurate predictions. Gaming genres once again proved to play a role, but these and similar results should be treated with caution due to the partial lack of repeatability

Influence of moral identity’s activation on prosociality among people with the Dark Triad traits.

Problematyka niniejszego badania dotyczy decyzji moralnych i ekonomicznych podejmowanych przez osoby z wysokim poziomem Ciemnej Triady cech w warunkach aktywacji tożsamości moralnej. W planie eksperymentalnym zbadano wpływ nasilenia cech Ciemnej Triady (zarówno jako ogólnego wskaźnika, jak i nasilenia narcyzmu,. makiawelizmu i psychopatii osobno) na sposób rozwiązywania dylematów moralnych, orientację społeczną oraz standardy ewaluatywne. Moderatorem tej zależności jest sytuacyjna aktywacja tożsamości moralnej badanego. Badanie ma zatem na celu wykazanie wpływu Ciemnej Triady cech z jednej strony, oraz poziomu tożsamości moralnej z drugiej, na decyzje pro- lub antyspołeczne. Prospołeczność rozumiano tu jako dokonywanie deontologicznych wyborów w dylematach moralnych, szczodrość w sytuacjach podziału zasobów oraz wysoki poziom ukształtowania standardów pozaosobistych (egzocentrycznych). Za pomocą kwestionariuszy Short Dark Triad (Jones, Paulhus, 2014), Triple Dominance Measure (Van Lange i in., 1997), Wypadek w górach (Szuster, 2005) oraz zestawu czterech dylematów moralnych, przebadano 101 studentów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Analiza statystyczna wykazała, że aktywacja tożsamości moralnej miała ogólnie pozytywny wpływ na prospołeczność badanych. Nie stwierdzono jednak zależności pomiędzy nasileniem Ciemnej Triady cech oraz prospołecznością w obecności moderatora w postaci aktywacji tożsamości moralnej.The present study examines moral and economical decisions made by people with Dark Triad traits under conditions of different salience of moral identity. An experimental study was conducted to find relations between the Dark Triad traits (both as a global index and separate measures for narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy), situational activation of moral identity and pro-sociality in decision-making. Participants (N = 101) completed Short Dark Triad questionnaire (Jones, Paulhus, 2014), four moral dilemmas, Triple Dominance Measure (Van Lange et al., 1997) and a Polish scale assessing the level of other-focused (exocentric) standards in pro-social behavior (Szuster, 2005). Statistical analysis revealed that situational activation of moral identity had a positive impact on pro-sociality. However, moral identity wasn’t a relevant moderator between the Dark Triad and pro-social decisions

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Associations between value priorities and attitudes toward science

The paper investigates the relations between Schwartz's values and beliefs which may reflect skepticism toward science - specifically vaccine rejection, climate change denial and creationism. Recent research on the causes of anti-science indicates that they may be motivational, pertaining to ideologies, worldviews, and one’s moral codes. Therefore, we postulated that value priority hierarchies may be predictors of anti-science. Results (N = 509) indicated that Conservation metatype values were positively associated with anti-science, while Self-Transcendence and Openness to change metatypes were connected with support for science. We also found significant differences in value profiles between participants with lower vs. higher anti-scientific beliefs. We discuss the possible motivational underpinnings of these results

Associations between value priorities and attitudes toward science

The paper investigates the relations between Schwartz’s values and beliefs which may reflect skepticism toward science – specifically vaccine rejection, climate change denial and creationism. Recent research on the causes of anti-science indicates that they may be motivational, pertaining to ideologies, worldviews, and one’s moral codes. Therefore, we postulated that value priority hierarchies hierarchies may be predictors of anti-science. Results (N = 509) indicated that Conservation metatype values were positively associated with anti-science, while Self-Transcendence and Openness to change metatypes were connected with support for science. We also found significant differences in value profiles between participants with lower vs. higher anti-scientific beliefs. We discuss the possible motivational underpinnings of these results