Table 6. Adolescent Personality Questionnaire total and subfactor scores by game genre.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | F(6, 2753) | p | Post-Hoc | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| APQ Total | 68.58 | 13.86 | 70.59 | 14.69 | 70.02 | 16.32 | 67.20 | 13.61 | 70.60 | 12.32 | 68.27 | 15.99 | 71.37 | 15.09 | 3.036 | .006 | 7>4** |
| Self-Esteem | 12.34 | 2.90 | 12.35 | 2.94 | 12.36 | 3.11 | 11.86 | 2.76 | 12.50 | 2.93 | 11.76 | 3.30 | 12.62 | 3.08 | 3.238 | .004 | 7>6** |
| Openness | 11.21 | 3.15 | 11.45 | 2.94 | 11.30 | 3.19 | 10.67 | 2.96 | 11.23 | 2.57 | 11.18 | 3.17 | 11.32 | 3.21 | 1.326 | .242 | |
| Conscientiousness | 11.11 | 2.59 | 11.07 | 2.77 | 11.22 | 3.02 | 10.56 | 2.76 | 11.37 | 2.55 | 11.01 | 3.12 | 11.35 | 2.97 | 2.246 | .036 | 7>4** |
| Social Leadership | 9.76 | 3.25 | 10.67 | 3.12 | 10.47 | 3.27 | 9.93 | 2.97 | 10.78 | 2.61 | 10.03 | 3.18 | 10.49 | 3.28 | 2.738 | .012 | |
| Empathy | 11.55 | 2.74 | 12.15 | 2.81 | 11.97 | 3.03 | 11.80 | 2.80 | 11.87 | 2.41 | 11.66 | 3.02 | 12.38 | 2.92 | 3.824 | .001 | 7>1*** |
| Sense of Community | 12.58 | 2.74 | 12.88 | 2.78 | 12.67 | 3.01 | 12.35 | 2.58 | 12.82 | 2.36 | 12.61 | 2.98 | 13.19 | 2.83 | 4.357 | .000 | 7>3*,4** |
1 = RPG, 2 = FPS, 3 = RTS, 4 = Racing, 5 = Sports, 6 = Arcade/Shooting, 7 = Comparison Group.