TY - JOUR TI - Association of Flow Experience to Psychological Computer Game Dependency T2 - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics IS - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics KW - positive psychology KW - cultural psychology KW - cyberpsychology KW - Internet dependency KW - flow experience KW - optimal experience KW - collectivism KW - Chinese culture KW - computer game AB - The paper presents a study of association between flow experience arising within computer games and Internet dependency. Theoretical analysis undertaken by the authors indicates that despite partial similarity between the concepts of Internet dependency and flow experience (e.g., both involve repeated behaviour), they have different psychological meaning. The notion of Internet dependency, apart from psychological characteristics of the respective phenomenon, refers to current social norms. Flow experience, in turn, is associated with subjectivity and personal choice. An empirical study of 1574 computer gamers from China indicates that Internet dependency and flow experience within computer games are not directly associated: their association depends on current social norms, as well as gamers’ age, gender, and intrinsic motivation. AU - Shelu Wang AU - Alexandеr Voiskounsky AU - Olga Mitina AU - Anastasia Karpukhina UR - https://psy-journal.hse.ru/en/2011-8-4/39150701.html PY - 2011 SP - 73-101 VL - 8