Der psychologische Unterschied zwischen dem Spielen von Videospielen zum Entspannen und dem Spielen zum Gewinnen. Forscher, die Daten von über 13.000 Spielern analysierten, fanden heraus, dass wettbewerbsorientiertes, gewinnorientiertes Spielen mit erhöhter Angst verbunden ist, während gelegentliche Motivation wie Vergnügen und Stressabbau mit emotionalem Wohlbefinden verbunden sind.
The psychological difference between playing video games to relax and playing to win
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On the one hand, I find competitive games thrilling and invigorating and don’t think they negatively impact my mental well being, especially as I get older and mellow out a little.
On the other hand, my annoying ass neighbor keeps shouting NOOOO and HOW DID WE THROW SO HARD I GOT THREE PICKS WHAAAAT WE JUST THREW and assorted incoherent raging
So it’s really hard to say
Truly groundbreaking research that a competitive activity is more likely to make someone anxious when compared to a leisure activity. Immensely grateful to the team that diligently investigated such a bold hypothesis. Only analysing data from 13000 gamers could have shown us this.
Probably true for most hobbys? Doing anything competitively like idk tennis, weightlifting or whatever seems probably more stressful than doing if purely for fun or out of „casual motivation“.
Single player game enjoyers stay winning, as usual. Or well, not winning.
Well… that explains why after decades of gaming I was able to quit after it no longer felt competitive, completely cold turkey.
I wonder what that means about my younger self…
I like a balance of single player and pve co-op but I do like playing at a high level whether contest difficulty raids or just getting all trophies on a game etc but I love the challenge! But I do like relaxation stuff too
I would like to see a follow up study done to correlate resulting anxiety to different matchmaking models, with particular note to those that aren’t a truly neutral model (EOMM, for example).
How is this any different from casual vs competitive play of just about any game or sport? If you have a goal and there’s pressure to competitively perform then of course there’s going to be some level of anxiety.
Explains alot about me. I like competitive. And I have issues with stress and anxiety. Wonder if its personality type or from the games.
See here’s the thing, I play for fun, and usually have more fun when I win, so I almost always try to win. Now I’ve never thrown a controller or anything like that, I don’t link video games to anxiety at all. Are they accounting for folks like me that know it’s a game?
Any gamer could have told you this.
I had to completely turn off chat in rocket league, wasn’t good for my mental health.
Single player for enjoyment and stress relief. Oh this game seems chill. „Elden Ring“
I have an anxiety disorder, and competitive play isn’t appealing to me at all. I prefer single player games and maybe some supportive co-op with my friends
don’t tell her I said so but me vs my girlfriend
Can genre of competitive games make a difference? I stopped playing FPS multiplayer because while I liked it was also very stressful and put me into a heightened alert. Now I am playing Mario Kart online…and while it’s competitive I wouldn’t say it’s as stressful.
Are there other „healthier genres“ for multiplayer games besides racing games?