Video game addiction and college performance among males: Results from a 1 year longitudinal study
Abstract
This study explored the pattern of video game usage and video game addiction among male college students and examined how video game addiction was related to expectations of college engagement, college grade point average (GPA), and on-campus drug and alcohol violations. Participants were 477 male, first year students at a liberal arts college. In the week before the start of classes, participants were given two surveys: one of expected college engagement, and the second of video game usage, including a measure of video game addiction. Results suggested that video game addiction is (a) negatively correlated with expected college engagement, (b) negatively correlated with college GPA, even when controlling for high school GPA, and (c) negatively correlated with drug and alcohol violations that occurred during the first year in college. Results are discussed in terms of implications for male students' engagement and success in college, and in terms of the construct validity of video game addiction.
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Gaming addiction is associated with decreased GPA and poorer educational outcomes across adolescent and university populations.
“Additional studies show comparable patterns, with gaming addiction associated with decreased GPA and poorer educational outcomes across adolescent and university populations (Schmitt & Livingston, 2015;Toker & Baturay, 2016;Samaha & Hawi, 2020;Yeşilyurt, 2020).”
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- Authors
- Schmitt, Z. L., & Livingston, M. G.
- Affiliations
- College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schmitt, Zachary L.
- Venue
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-01-01
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-29
- ISSN
- 2152-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 2152-2723
- OpenAlex
- W1995438040
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 24.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Keywords
- gaming addiction, university students, male students, academic performance, grade point average, construct validity, first-year students
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Adolescent, Adult, Educational Measurement, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Students, Universities, Behavior, Addictive, Video Games, Young Adult
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