Abstract
Empirical evidence suggests that mindset beliefs (fixed vs. growth) and passion (harmonious vs. obsessive) can influence how individuals engage in activities. However, still little is known about the role of mindset beliefs in the healthy and problematic involvement in recreational video gaming. Based on the theoretical foundations of the dualistic model of passion, this study investigates the possible mediating role of passion between mindset and gaming disorder. Hungarian gamers (N = 2097; 88.5 % male, Mage = 26.2 years, SD = 6.8) participated in an online survey. Path analysis was used to explore the relationships between mindset, passion, and gaming disorder. According to the resulting path model, fixed mindset beliefs were associated with obsessive but not harmonious passion, which in turn were associated with more symptoms of gaming disorder. The model explained a considerable proportion of variance of gaming disorder (57 %). These findings suggest that mindset interventions in the field of recreational gaming may be useful in efforts to reduce the risk of gaming disorder.
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