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Measuring addiction to internet gaming among Indian medical students: Development and preliminary psychometric properties of a new scale

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2020
Background: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is emerging as an important source of behavioral addiction in young people globally. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess addiction to internet gaming in medical students using a self designed research
Saurav Basu, Pragya Sharma, Ruchir Rustagi, Ragini Sharma, Nandini Sharma   +4 more
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Pathological video game playing in Spanish and British adolescents: towards the exploration of Internet Gaming Disorder symptomatology [PDF]

, 2014
Research into problematic video gaming has increased greatly over the last decade and many screening instruments have been developed to identify such behaviour. This study re-examined the Problematic Videogame Playing [PVP] Scale.
Lopez-Fernandez, O, Thom Baguley, Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Griffiths, MD, Mark D. Griffiths, Honrubia-Serrano, ML, Baguley, T, Mª Luisa Honrubia-Serrano   +7 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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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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Gaming addiction, definition, and measurement: a large-scale empirical study [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: Although the general public appears to have embraced the term 'video game addiction', the scientific debate as to whether 'gaming addiction' can actually be considered an addiction similar to substance addictions of DSM-IV is still unsettled. To
Konijn, E.A.; id_orcid, Spekman, MLC, Roelofsma, PHMP, Griffiths, M.D., Konijn, EA, Griffiths, MD, Konijn, E.A., Spekman, M.L.C.; id_orcid, Spekman, M.L.C., Roelofsma, P.H.M.P.   +9 more
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Peer, family, and teacher relationships and adolescent internet gaming addiction: Mediating roles of social interaction and emotional needs

Acta Psychologica
Background: Internet gaming addiction is a growing behavioral concern among adolescents. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey with a randomly selected sample of 1017 adolescents.
Haiming Wang, Wei Zhang
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Prevalence of Behavioral Addictions and Their Relationship With Stress and Anxiety Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Behavioral addiction is identified as any compulsive, repeated, and persistent behavior that leads to significant and functionally impairing harm or distress. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of internet, video-gaming, and pornography
Alqassem Y. Hakami, Alqassem Y. Hakami, Rami Ghazi Ahmad, Rami Ghazi Ahmad, Abdullah Alsharif, Abdullah Alsharif, Alaa Ashqar, Alaa Ashqar, Fahad A. AlHarbi, Fahad A. AlHarbi, Mohammed Sayes, Mohammed Sayes, Anas Bafail, Anas Bafail, Ali Alqrni, Ali Alqrni, Mohammed A. Khan, Mohammed A. Khan   +17 more
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Toward a consensus definition of pathological video-gaming: a systematic review of psychometric assessment tools [PDF]

, 2013
Pathological video-gaming, or its proposed DSM-V classification of "Internet Use Disorder", is of increasing interest to scholars and practitioners in allied health disciplines.
King, Daniel L., Delfabbro, Paul H., King, D.L., King, DL, Griffiths, MD, Delfabbro, P., Gradisar, M., King, D., Delfabbro, PH, Griffiths, M.D., Haagsma, MC, Gradisar, MS, Griffiths, Mark D., Haagsma, M., Haagsma, M.C., Gradisar, Michael, Delfabbro, P.H., Griffiths, M.   +17 more
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Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relation with psychological distress and internet gaming disorder among medical college students

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe incidence of smartphone addiction has been widely studied, but the research on the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological distress and internet gaming disorder is limited. This study investigated the characteristics and
Ming Zhang, Ming Zhang, Chenru Chi, Qingwei Liu, Yuhao Zhang, Xiubin Tao, Huan Liu, Bin Xuan   +7 more
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Internet addiction （gaming disorder） and intervention strategies

Sichuan jingshen weisheng, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore gaming disorders and intervention strategies. The prevalence of gaming disorder is 5% to 10%， which is relatively high， and it is more harmful and difficult to treat.
Chen Hongxian
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