Psychological Science and Education
2023. Vol. 28, no. 4, 5–19
doi:10.17759/pse.2023280401
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)
Network Analysis of the Relationship between Personality Traits and Online Behaviour in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Research on Dota 2 Players
Abstract
The article presents the results of a correlation analysis of the influence of Dota-2 players’ personal characteristics on their behavior in the virtual space. The analysis is based on the data, received in the course of a series of experiments conducted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Contemporary Childhood in Moscow State University of Psychology and Education in 2015-2023. Research methods include the Q-Sort technique by W. Stephenson, the Butler-Haigh “Real and Ideal Test”, the Role Conflict Questionnaire developed by O.V. Rubtsova, and Adolescent Egocentrism Scale (AES) by R. Enright. The sample includes 103 active players of MOBA Dota-2 aged 14—25. The paper discusses statistical correlations, in particular, those identified on the basis of a network analysis of partial correlations. The analysis suggests that such factors as role incompatibility and the need for role-playing experience may be manifested in virtual play activity and partly determine the specifics of its implementation by adolescents and young adults.
General Information
Keywords: computer games, play activity, virtual reality, adolescence, role conflict, partial correlations, network analysis
Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2023280401
Funding. The reported study was funded by state task of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation project number 073-00038-23-05 dated 02.06.2023.
Received: 08.06.2023
Accepted:
For citation: Rubtsova O.V., Artemenkov S.L., Panfilova A.S., Tokarchuk A.M. Network Analysis of the Relationship between Personality Traits and Online Behaviour in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Research on Dota 2 Players. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2023. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 5–19. DOI: 10.17759/pse.2023280401. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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