AUTHOR=Gan Yongtao , Zhang Tian , Zhang Jiahao , Wu Xia , Shao Mengjun 

TITLE=Impact of Mobile Game Addiction Tendency on Chinese University Students: A Hierarchical Linear Modeling Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937446

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937446

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This study used hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to investigate the differences in mobile game addiction tendencies among universities (i.e., double first-class universities, ordinary colleges and universities, and higher vocational colleges), and to examine the influencing factors of mobile game addiction tendency at the individual and university levels. The participants of this study were 4,024 college students who completed the Chinese Mobile Phone Game Addiction Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect Scale. Loneliness (<italic>β</italic> = 0.052), positive emotions (<italic>β</italic> = −0.126), negative emotions (<italic>β</italic> = 0.232), and double first-class universities (<italic>γ</italic> = 0.368) significantly predicted mobile game addiction tendencies. A significant cross-level interaction between double first-class universities and other factors (i.e., positive emotions, negative emotions, and mobile game addiction) was observed. The novelty of this study is that it distinguishes the various effects of mobile phone addiction tendency at the individual and university levels.</p>