To dwell among gamers: Investigating the relationship between social online game use and gaming-related friendships

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Highlights：

• Examining the relationship between social online game use and gamers social outcomes.

• Age and gender based differences explained variance in general friendships.

• No difference in general friendships between different gamers and non-gamers.

• Enhanced social online gaming time increases probability of finding online friends.

• Social motives emerged as important predictors for modality switching processes.

摘要

•Examining the relationship between social online game use and gamers social outcomes.•Age and gender based differences explained variance in general friendships.•No difference in general friendships between different gamers and non-gamers.•Enhanced social online gaming time increases probability of finding online friends.•Social motives emerged as important predictors for modality switching processes.

论文关键词：Social online gaming,Social embeddedness,Friendships,Social gaming motives,Modality switching

论文评审过程：Available online 20 March 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.023