Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being

While social interaction and play in a VR environment are becoming ever more popular, little is known about how social VR games affect users. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of several contingent factors in social VR games by modeling the relationships between involvement, well-b...

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Autores principales:	Hyun-Woo Lee, Sanghoon Kim, Jun-Phil Uhm
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	social VR game involvement social connectedness well-being depression self-esteem Psychology BF1-990
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/df2f3dc1f34346ffb7f44a3dfca48a40
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df2f3dc1f34346ffb7f44a3dfca48a402021-12-01T16:08:27ZSocial Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.753019https://doaj.org/article/df2f3dc1f34346ffb7f44a3dfca48a402021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753019/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078While social interaction and play in a VR environment are becoming ever more popular, little is known about how social VR games affect users. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of several contingent factors in social VR games by modeling the relationships between involvement, well-being, depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness. A conditional process-moderated mediation model of the measured variables was analyzed with 220 pieces of collected data. The result showed that: (1) the direct effect of involvement on well-being was significant, and (2) the index of moderated mediation involving depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness was significant. We conclude that high levels of involvement in social VR games by socially isolated users with low self-esteem can negatively affect their well-being. The findings of this study contribute in several ways to our understanding of the effect of social VR games upon users and provide important practical implications.Hyun-Woo LeeSanghoon KimJun-Phil UhmFrontiers Media S.A.articlesocial VR gameinvolvementsocial connectednesswell-beingdepressionself-esteemPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	social VR game involvement social connectedness well-being depression self-esteem Psychology BF1-990 Hyun-Woo Lee Sanghoon Kim Jun-Phil Uhm Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
description	While social interaction and play in a VR environment are becoming ever more popular, little is known about how social VR games affect users. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of several contingent factors in social VR games by modeling the relationships between involvement, well-being, depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness. A conditional process-moderated mediation model of the measured variables was analyzed with 220 pieces of collected data. The result showed that: (1) the direct effect of involvement on well-being was significant, and (2) the index of moderated mediation involving depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness was significant. We conclude that high levels of involvement in social VR games by socially isolated users with low self-esteem can negatively affect their well-being. The findings of this study contribute in several ways to our understanding of the effect of social VR games upon users and provide important practical implications.
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title	Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
title_short	Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
title_full	Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
title_fullStr	Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
title_full_unstemmed	Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being
title_sort	social virtual reality (vr) involvement affects depression when social connectedness and self-esteem are low: a moderated mediation on well-being
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
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Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being

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