A research study has detected a bond between gaming addiction (OGA) and depressive symptoms. However, there is not much information on the lurking or confounding variables that link these together. The study was aimed to test the deprecating effect of flow experience, in other words mental state, in the union between OGA and depressive symptoms. The study conducted a survey to gather data among 1050 players to measure OGA, depressive symptoms, flow experience, and the balance between positive and negative emotions. The results demonstrated that OGA has a positive correlation with depressive symptoms and the balance between positive and negative emotions. While flow experience aggravates the negative correlation between the two variables; however, it tempered the positive impact of affect balance on depressive symptoms. The study provides a better understanding of how OGA and depressive symptoms correlate.
The study does provide convenient information for my research question. At the very beginning of the article, it was very straightforward about mentioning a bond between OGA and depressive symptoms. The article brought up terms such as flow experience and affect balance, which gives me the option to expand upon my question, and delve into those aspects. The article gave me some more insight on what I can write about for my topic because it provides more psychological and pathological factors to take into account. With this article, it will prevent my research from being mainly surface level content and material. It made me interested to take a more psychological approach for my research.