Table 3.

Correlation coefficients between gaming characteristics, PVG, anxiety, depression and early maladaptive schemas among female (n = 391) and male gamers (n = 282)

Variables			Female gamers (n = 391)					Male gamers (n = 282)
			Problematic video gaming	Number of gaming hours per week	Action games	Anxiety	Depression	Problematic video gaming	Number of gaming hours per week	Action games	Anxiety	Depression
Number of gaming hours per week			0.49***					0.43***
Action games (0—no; 1—yes)			0.35***	0.39***				0.30***	0.34***
Anxiety			0.15**	− 0.01	− 0.03			0.22***	− 0.04	0.01
Depression			0.21***	0.06	− 0.01	0.56***		0.19**	0.05	0.08	0.61***
Early maladaptive schemas	DR	Emotional/deprivation	0.22***	0.09	0.05	0.36***	0.46***	0.24***	0.04	0.12*	0.34***	0.46***
		Defectiveness/unlovability	0.26***	0.07	0.04	0.46***	0.56***	0.25***	0.01	0.06	0.46***	0.48***
		Mistrust	0.15**	0.02	0.01	0.58***	0.47***	0.31***	0.07	0.15*	0.54***	0.42***
		Social isolation/alienation	0.29***	0.07	0.10*	0.50***	0.50***	0.24***	0.04	0.11	0.52***	0.47***
		Emotional inhibition	0.18***	0.05	0.04	0.34***	0.39***	0.20**	0.06	0.06	0.45***	0.48***
		Pessimism/worry	0.16**	0.02	0.01	0.66***	0.53***	0.29***	0.03	0.13*	0.68***	0.49***
	IAP	Practical incompetence/dependence	0.30***	− 0.01	− 0.01	0.45***	0.49***	0.32***	0.07	0.10	0.44***	0.46***
		Vulnerability to harm or illness	0.13*	− 0.04	− 0.02	0.60***	0.45***	0.34***	0.03	0.08	0.62***	0.48***
		Abandonment	0.14**	0.00	− 0.06	0.50***	0.41***	0.24***	0.04	0.04	0.57***	0.38***
		Enmeshment	0.18***	0.04	0.01	0.31***	0.30***	0.33***	− 0.04	0.02	0.27***	0.29***
		Failure to achieve	0.30***	0.07	0.05	0.46***	0.58***	0.33***	0.09	0.09	0.48***	0.47***
		Subjugation	0.29***	0.10*	0.07	0.46***	0.51***	0.40***	0.07	0.14*	0.49***	0.46***
	EAS	Self-sacrifice	0.05	0.09	− 0.01	0.20***	0.21***	0.11	0.01	0.09	0.33***	0.20**
		Unrelenting standards	0.13**	0.02	0.06	0.36***	0.26***	0.12*	− 0.07	0.04	0.38***	0.23***
		Self-punitiveness	0.21***	0.05	0.03	0.47***	0.44***	0.20**	0.04	0.12	0.37***	0.30***
	IL	Entitlement/superiority	0.08	− 0.08	0.03	0.15**	0.11*	0.20**	− 0.05	0.05	0.31***	0.21***
		Insufficient self-control/self-discipline	0.19***	0.01	0.01	0.31***	0.36***	0.34***	0.03	0.13*	0.43***	0.52***
		Admiration/recognition seeking	0.09	− 0.11*	0.00	0.29***	0.20***	0.24***	− 0.04	0.01	0.33***	0.17**

^***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

DR, disconnection and rejection dimension; IAP, impaired autonomy and performance dimension; EAS, excessive accountability and standards dimension; IL, impaired limits dimension