Table 4.

Gaming disorder and/or proxy associated with video game narrative and identity features sub-features

Structural Characteristic	Positive		Unrelated		Negative
	Related to GD	Related to Proxy of GD	Related to GD	Related to Proxy of GD	Related to GD	Related to Proxy of GD
Avatar Presence	Choi et al. (2018) Green et al. (2021) Hao et al. (2020) Herodotou et al. (2015) # Laconi et al. (2017) Lee et al. (2020) Li et al. (2020) Liew et al. (2018) Mancini et al. (2019) Sioni et al. (2017) Stavropoulos et al. (2019) Stavropoulos, Gomez, Mueller, Yucel, and Griffiths (2020) Stavropoulos, Gomez, et al. (2020) T’ng and Pau (2020) Yang et al. (2021)	Banks (2015) # Beranuy et al. (2013) # Green et al. (2021) # Hsu et al. (2005) Konijn et al. (2007) Laconi et al. (2017) Lee et al. (2020) Lopez-Fernandez et al. (2019) Mancini et al. (2019) McLean and Griffiths (2013) Quick et al. (2012) T’ng and Pau (2020) Yang et al. (2021)	Green et al. (2021) Stavropoulos, Gomez, et al. (2020)
Avatar Creation/Customizability	Mancini et al. (2019) Morcos et al. (2019)	Jin (2009) # Kim et al. (2015) Quick & Atkinson (2014) Tavakkoli et al. (2015) Westwood and Griffiths (2010) Wood et al. (2004)
Storytelling Device Feature	Cheng (2019) King et al. (2010) King et al. (2017)	Hall (2019) King et al. (2010) King et al. (2017) McLean and Griffiths (2013) Tavakkoli et al. (2015) Tavakkoli et al. (2014) Westwood and Griffiths (2010) Wood et al. (2004) Wood et al. (2007)
Does Not Fall In Sub-Feature Category			Hull et al. (2013)	Hull et al. (2013)

Note: “#” indicates studies being qualitative in nature.