As to the practical implications of

As to the practical implications of this study, in
regarding to the addicted players whose pathological
use due to their reaction formation to unconscious
motivations, the counseling intervention
could be employed by a psychoanalysis approach.
Counselors’ interpretation of the players’ neurotic
anxiety would enable them to get insights into their
source motivations in the unconscious level, and
thus break the chain of compulsive Internet use.
Concerning addicted players without the contradiction
between surface motivations and source
motivations; online games only serve as a way for
extending or replacing satisfactions in the virtual
world. Therefore, providing them with extending
or replacing alternatives with more benefits and
less negative effects would result in a decrease in
their addictive use of online games.