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Digital Game Addiction

2023
The internet and the use of digital technologies are more and more generalized for everyday tasks such as school activities—communication but also entertainment. Its use is cross-sectional at various ages, starting earlier and earlier. Thus, this chapter aims to clarify the meaning of digital game addiction and its implication to the child/adolescent ...
Inês Relva   +3 more
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Video game addiction

2020
There is growing recognition that unrestricted screen time, particularly in younger people, can lead to harm and that gaming can be highly time-consuming and addictive for some vulnerable individuals. These developments have led to the recognition of gaming disorder (GD)—sometimes termed “video game addiction”—a disorder characterized by persistent ...
King, D., Delfabbro, P.
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Alexithymia in gaming addiction and engagement

Journal of Affective Disorders
It has been suggested that alexithymia plays a significant role in substance and behavioral addictions. However, only a handful of studies investigated this construct in relation to gaming addiction, and no study analyzed its differential effect on gaming engagement and addiction.A total of u adult gamers (Mage = 26.04, SD = 5.78, 94 % male) completed ...
Lukas, Blinka   +2 more
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[Game addiction].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2015
The purpose of this article is to analyze the South Korea and China of computer game research, and the current state of research in Japan. Excessive game actions were analyzed by PET-MRI, MRI, fMRI, NIRS, EEG. These results showed that the prefrontal cortical activity decreased during game play.
Akio, Mori   +3 more
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[Is video game addiction a reality ?]

Revue medicale suisse, 2016
Video games are widely practiced. Questions about their potential health risks arise, including the risk of addiction. If there is at present no official diagnosis of video games addiction, the DSM-5 proposes temporary criteria based on pathological gambling. Video game addiction affects a minority of at risk individuals.
Thorens, Gabriel   +4 more
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Video Game Addiction

2013
Video game addiction refers to a persistent and maladaptive pattern of video game playing behavior. Although video game addiction is not currently recognized by mental health authorities such as the American Psychiatric Association or the World Health Organization, many researchers believe that video game playing behavior can be potentially addictive ...
King, D., Delfabbro, P., Griffiths, M.
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Internet Gaming Addiction

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2008
Abstract Some have argued that the proliferation of personal computers and the widespread use of the Internet have greatly benefited society. However, a recognized problem occurs as persons spend excessive amounts of time online, which may lead to problems in other areas of their lives.
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Gaming Addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder

2015
This chapter examines the features of video game addiction and examines the contemporary research literature by analyzing the prevalence of video game addiction, factors associated with video game addiction, and the treatment of video game addiction. Gaming addiction and internet gaming disorder (IGD) has become a topic of increasing research interest.
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Analysis of serious games for preventing internet gaming addiction

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2018
Internet addiction and internet gaming (game) addiction are two terms regularly used in our daily lives, however, their distinction is rather vague. Internet gaming addition refers to a psychological, emotional, and social state where one, due to increased tolerance and dependence to games and other reasons, loses control over and plays internet games ...
Ji Yun Kim, Jae-Hwan Bae
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Video game addiction: The push to pathologize video games.

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 2017
With proposals to include “gaming disorder” in both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and International Compendium of Diseases (ICD), the concept of video game addiction has gained traction. However, many aspects of this concept remain controversial.
Anthony M. Bean   +3 more
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