Table 6.
Standardised path coefficients between EMSs, depression, anxiety, action videogames, number of gaming hours and problematic video gaming, EMSs and depression and EMSs and anxiety among male gamers
| Variables | To problematic video gaming | To depression | to anxiety | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | p | β | SE | p | β | SE | p | |||
| Early maladaptive schemas | DR | Emotional/deprivation | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.427 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.001 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.431 |
| Defectiveness/unlovability | − 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.243 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.497 | − 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.603 | ||
| Mistrust | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.126 | − 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.851 | − 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.112 | ||
| Social isolation/alienation | − 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.813 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.078 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.001 | ||
| Emotional inhibition | − 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.362 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.034 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.969 | ||
| Pessimism/worry | − 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.147 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.069 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.001 | ||
| IAP | Practical incompetence/dependence | − 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.222 | − 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.880 | − 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.248 | |
| Vulnerability to harm or illness | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.026 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.155 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.001 | ||
| Abandonment | − 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.573 | − 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.859 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.006 | ||
| Enmeshment | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.785 | − 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.668 | ||
| Failure to achieve | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.222 | − 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.350 | − 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.521 | ||
| Subjugation | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.022 | − 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.693 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.898 | ||
| EAS | Self-sacrifice | − 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.079 | − 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.814 | − 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.680 | |
| Unrelenting standards | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.695 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.051 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.029 | ||
| Self-punitiveness | − 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.685 | − 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.322 | − 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.020 | ||
| IL | Entitlement/superiority | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.321 | − 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.011 | − 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.248 | |
| Insufficient self-control/self-discipline | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.102 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.117 | ||
| Admiration/recognition seeking | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.317 | − 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.098 | − 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.884 | ||
| Number of gaming hours per week | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Action games (0—no; 1—yes) | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Anxiety | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.377 | ||||||||
| Depression | − 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.114 | ||||||||
DR, disconnection and rejection dimension; IAP, impaired autonomy and performance dimension; EAS, excessive accountability and standards dimension; IL, impaired limits dimension; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are bolded