The Effect Of Shyness On Game Addiction

Shyness is a character trait."Shyness" is the behavioral inhibition and social withdrawal shown by individuals in social situations,such as: fear of communicating with others,loneliness,anxiety,etc.Due to the impact of the epidemic,the video game industry has developed rapidly in society,and games have become the most common entertainment carrier in modern life.Moderate gaming will produce certain benefits,but persistent excessive gaming may lead to serious psychological and social cognitive impairment,resulting in certain negative effects.In the post – epidemic era,in order to avoid the negative psychology and emotions caused by interpersonal obstacles in reality,shy individuals may choose less to exchange information with others and choose more games to escape reality.Previous research has established a link between shyness and abnormal online behavior,as well as positive psychology and online social capital.Whether the individual’s shyness characteristics are related to game addiction behavior and the influence mechanism between the two factors are not clear.Determining the internal psychological factors that affect the game addiction behavior of shy people and exploring the relationship between shyness and game addiction are of great significance to the construction of mental health.This study will start with the shyness of college students,add psychological capital and online social capital,and explore the link between shyness and game addiction.There are two parts to this plan,the first is to explain the difference between shyness,game addiction,psychological capital and online social capital of college students by means of questionnaire survey,and to explore the internal mechanism through a survey of 1237 college students.In Study 2,60 college students were divide into control and experimental groups to discuss the effects of the intervention based on psychological capital and online social capital on reducing game addiction.The results show that:(1)shyness is closely related to the level of game addiction;(2)students showed some differences in certain demographic variables,shyness,psychological capital,online social capital and game addiction;(3)There is a close relationship between shyness,psychological capital level,and gaming addiction level.The higher the shyness level,the lower the psychological capital level,and the higher the gaming addiction level.(4)There is also a certain relationship between shyness,online social capital level,and gaming addiction level.The higher the shyness level,the lower the online social capital level,and the higher the gaming addiction level.(5)The degree of shyness may be closely related to the level of gaming addiction through a reduction in psychological and online social capital levels.Specifically,the higher the shyness level,the lower the levels of psychological and online social capital,and the higher the gaming addiction level(6)Intervention of game addiction can be carried out by improving psychological capital and online social capital.Conclusion: Psychological capital and online social capital play a mediating role between shyness and game addiction,and group counseling based on psychological capital and online social capital can effectively reduce the level of game addiction.