Table 1.
Online problem gaming score as a function of game genre preference.
| Preference for | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy games | Role-playing games | Shooter games | MOBA games | Casual games | Other game genres | Did not give an answer | Total sample | |
| N | 236 | 231 | 383 | 172 | 242 | 242 | 140 | 1646 |
| Mean (SD) | 19.17 (7.47)a,b | 23.22 (8.51)c,d | 22.83 (9.19)c,d | 24.57 (9.28)d | 17.26 (5.73)a | 21.05 (8.92)b,c | 22.67 (9.61)c,d | 21.45 (8.74) |
| Gender: Male | 61.0%a | 68.4%a | 86.4%b | 84.3%b | 16.1%c | 53.3%a | 63.6%a | 62.9% |
Different letters (a, b, c, d) in the same row represent significant (p < .05) difference between mean scores, whereas the same letters in the same row represent non-significant difference between mean scores according to the paired post hoc Tukey test of one-way ANOVA or the paired chi-square tests. MOBA, multiplayer online battle arena.