Recent studies show playing a video game that matches your personality type results in positive mental health outcomes.
Data from almost 500 online participants linked gamer personality types and primary motivations for playing games.
The participants played a range of mobile games taken from a silo of 28, and analyzed their mood before playing the game, and their stated change in mood after the session.
The results demonstrated a correlation between a person’s stated personality, and how their favorite games played into that self-evaluation. It also showed how their favorite games boosted their self-esteem, generally through the prism of their sense of self.
Source: https://www.gamedaily.biz/studies-cite-video-gamings-well-being-positives/
