TABLE 2.

Zero-order correlations among motives for playing online games (N = 190).

	Mean (SD)	α	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.
1. Social	2.75 (1.05)	0.87	–
2. Escape	2.31 (1.13)	0.90	0.21**	–
3. Competition	3.33 (1.12)	0.88	0.27***	0.28***	–
4. Coping	3.03 (1.08)	0.84	0.27***	0.62***	0.21**	–
5. Skill development	3.46 (1.08)	0.90	0.51***	0.23**	0.35***	0.43***	–
6. Fantasy	2.85 (1.21)	0.87	0.28***	0.61***	0.26***	0.61***	0.34***	–
7. Recreation	4.34 (0.71)	0.76	0.19*	0.24**	0.18*	0.42***	0.36***	0.39***	–

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Motives for playing online games were scored on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5.