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The (co-)occurrence of problematic video gaming, substance use, and psychosocial problems in adolescents [PDF]

, 2014
Aims. The current study explored the nature of problematic (addictive) video gaming and the association with game type, psychosocial health, and substance use. Methods. Data were collected using a paper and pencil survey in the classroom setting.
Schoenmakers, T.M., Schoenmakers, Tim M., Tim M. Schoenmakers, Shorter, Gillian W., Antonius J. van Rooij PhD, Daria J. Kuss, Schoenmakers, Tim M, van Rooij, Tony, Rooij, A.J. van, Griffiths, M.D., Griffiths, Mark D., Shorter, GW, Mheen, D. van de, van Rooij, Antonius J., Van de Mheen, D, Shorter, G.W., Griffiths, MD, Kuss, Daria J., Van Rooij, AJ, Kuss, DJ, Gillian W. Shorter, Dike van de Mheen, Mark D. Griffiths, Kuss, D.J., Schoenmakers, TM, van de Mheen, Dike   +25 more
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Online gaming addiction in children and adolescents: a review of empirical research

, 2012
Background and aims: Research suggests that excessive online gaming may lead to symptoms commonly experienced by substance addicts. Since games are particularly appealing to children and adolescents, these individuals may be more at risk than other ...
Kuss, DJ, Griffiths, Mark D., Griffiths, MD, Kuss, Daria J., Daria J. Kuss, Mark D. Griffiths   +5 more
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The conceptualisation and measurement of DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder: the development of the IGD-20 Test [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Over the last decade, there has been growing concern about ‘gaming addiction’ and its widely documented detrimental impacts on a minority of individuals that play excessively. The latest (fifth) edition of the American Psychiatric Association’
Liu, Y, Halley Pontes (565773), Zsolt Demetrovics (165595), Griffiths Mark D., Mark D. Griffiths (165612), Pontes Halley M., Orsolya Király (565775), Király, O., Griffiths, M.D., Griffiths, Mark D., Halley M. Pontes (644009), Demetrovics, Z, Mark D Griffiths, Demetrovics, Zsolt, Király Orsolya, Griffiths, MD, Király, O, Orsolya Király, Zsolt Demetrovics, Király, Orsolya, Halley M Pontes, Demetrovics Zsolt, Pontes, HM, Pontes, Halley, Demetrovics, Z.   +24 more
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Internet gaming addiction - a systematic review of empirical research

, 2012
The activity of play has been ever present in human history and the Internet has emerged as a playground increasingly populated by gamers. Research suggests that a minority of Internet game players experience symptoms traditionally associated with ...
Kuss, DJ, Griffiths, MD
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Internet addiction in adolescents: prevalence and risk factors [PDF]

, 2013
As new media are becoming daily fare, Internet addiction appears as a potential problem in adolescents. From the reported negative consequences, it appears that Internet addiction can have a variety of detrimental outcomes for young people that may ...
Kuss, Daria J, Shorter, Gillian W; id_orcid, Van de Mheen, D, Shorter, Gillian W., Griffiths, MD, Van Rooij, AJ, van Rooij, Antonius J, Kuss, DJ, van Rooij, Tony, Griffiths, Mark D., Shorter, GW, Griffiths, Mark D, van de Mheen, Dike   +12 more
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Digital competence as a protective factor against gaming addiction in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
Summary: Background: Digital competence can help children and adolescents engage with technology for acquiring new knowledge and for broadening social contact and support, while reducing the risk of inappropriate media use.
Winnie W.Y. Tso, Frank Reichert, Nancy Law, King Wa Fu, Jimmy de la Torre, Nirmala Rao, Lok Kan Leung, Yu-Liang Wang, Wilfred H.S. Wong, Patrick Ip   +9 more
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Internet addiction in students: prevalence and risk factors [PDF]

, 2013
The last decade has witnessed a large increase in research on the newly emerging mental health problem of Internet addiction. Rather than looking at Internet addiction per se, this study focused on particular activities on the Internet that might be ...
Kuss, DJ, Griffiths, MD, Binder, JF
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Gaming in the Military: A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Gaming Behavior Among Conscripts During Military Service and Associated Risk Factors

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
A central task in military leadership is to take care of one's followers, which presupposes knowledge about relevant risk factors. Very little research has focused on the risks of developing problematic gaming behavior during military service.
Olav Kjellevold Olsen, Olav Kjellevold Olsen, Ståle Pallesen, Helga Myrseth   +3 more
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Leisure and Problem Gaming Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents During School Closures Caused by COVID-19 in Hong Kong: Quantitative Cross-sectional Survey Study

JMIR Serious Games, 2021
BackgroundSchool closures during the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated students’ loneliness, addictive gaming behaviors, and poor mental health. These mental health issues confronting young people are of public concern.
Zhu, Shimin, Zhuang, Yanqiong, Lee, Paul, Li, Jessica Chi-Mei, Wong, Paul W C   +4 more
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Mom, Dad It’s Only a Game! Perceived Gambling and Gaming Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults: an Exploratory Study [PDF]

, 2014
Gambling and gaming are increasingly popular activities among adolescents. Although gambling is illegal in Portugal for youth under the age of 18 years, gambling opportunities are growing, mainly due to similarity between gambling and other technology ...
Calado, F, Alexandre, J, Griffiths, M. D., Griffiths, MD, Alexandre, J., Calado, F.   +5 more
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