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. 2020 Jul 22;22(7):e14865. doi: 10.2196/14865

Table 7.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients and P values among the video gaming attitude measures (n=88).

Variable		Violent catharsis	Violent reward	Social interaction	Escapism	Loss aversion	Customization	Grinding	Autonomy
Story
	r	0.23^a	0.22^a	0.37^b	0.28^b	–0.05	0.33^b	0.30^b	0.38^b
	P value	.03	.04	<.001	.008	.67	.002	.004	<.001
Violent catharsis
	r	—^c	0.44^b	0.32^b	0.40^b	0.46^b	0.40^b	0.53^b	0.39^b
	P value	—	<.001	.003	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001
Violent reward
	r	—	—	0.20	0.26^a	0.24^a	0.21^a	0.31^b	0.17
	P value	—	—	.06	.02	.02	.05	.004	.11
Social interaction
	r	—	—	—	0.40^b	0.20	0.54^b	0.52^b	0.38^b
	P value	—	—	—	<.001	.06	<.001	<.001	<.001
Escapism
	r	—	—	—	—	0.53^b	0.44^b	0.52^b	0.59^b
	P value	—	—	—	—	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001
Loss aversion
	r	—	—	—	—	—	0.30^b	0.48^b	0.38^b
	P value	—	—	—	—	—	.005	<.001	<.001
Customization
	r	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.60^b	0.50^b
	P value	—	—	—	—	—	—	<.001	<.001
Grinding
	r	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.74^b
	P value	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	<.001

^aThe correlation is significant at a significance level of .05 (two-tailed).

^bThe correlation is significant at a significance level of .01 (two-tailed).

^cNot applicable.