Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult regular players of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
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Highlights：
• Regular players exhibited a globally troubled and still immature identity.
• Regular players showed higher levels of internet addiction than controls.
• Reconsideration of commitment and in-depth exploration are critical identity processes in players.
• Reconsideration of commitment had a positive effect on both dependent variables.
• In-depth exploration negatively affected only the probability to be a player.
摘要
•Regular players exhibited a globally troubled and still immature identity.•Regular players showed higher levels of internet addiction than controls.•Reconsideration of commitment and in-depth exploration are critical identity processes in players.•Reconsideration of commitment had a positive effect on both dependent variables.•In-depth exploration negatively affected only the probability to be a player.
论文关键词：Massively multiplayer online role-playing games,Identity,Internet addiction,Adolescence,Emerging adulthood
论文评审过程：Received 16 November 2016, Revised 18 March 2017, Accepted 20 March 2017, Available online 21 March 2017, Version of Record 25 March 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.045
