How Passion for Playing World of Warcraft Predicts In-Game Social Capital, Loneliness, and Wellbeing

Playing digital games can nurture wellbeing by helping players recover from daily stressors, cope with life's challenges, practice emotion regulation, and engage in meaningful social interaction; however, this same leisure activity can also result in problematic gaming (i.e., harmful play at th...

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Main Authors: Regan L. Mandryk, Julian Frommel, Ashley Armstrong, Daniel Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02165/full