The role of spending money on in-game content in the prediction of anxiety and depression among Saudi gamers
Validation of the spending money on in-game content scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21622297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noor Bakr Balahmar (0000-0002-5434-1658, King Abdulaziz University, corresponding author), John Maltby (0000-0002-0621-9359, University of Leicester) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-1310 • E-ISSN: 1936-4733 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12144-025-08929-y |
| OpenAlex | W7125978518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Exploratory factor analysis · Mental health · Personality · Digital Games and Media · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Brave men and timid women? A review of the gender differences in fear and anxiety
Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale
Associations between loot box use, problematic gaming and gambling, and gambling-related cognitions
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research.
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Between two worlds
Online-gaming and mental health
Paying for loot boxes is linked to problem gambling, regardless of specific features like cash-out and pay-to-win
Pay for play – Behavioural patterns of pay-to-win gaming
Measuring DSM-5 internet gaming disorder
Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder and Its Association With Personality Traits and Gaming Characteristics Among Chinese Adolescent Gamers
An Evaluation of Gaming-Related Harms in Relation to Gaming Disorder and Loot Box Involvement
Development of the game addiction inventory for adults (Gaia)
Statistical control in correlational studies
A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains
Back-Translation for Cross-Cultural Research
The Performance of RMSEA in Models With Small Degrees of Freedom
| Highly cited | No |
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