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Lack of Consensus Among Scholars on the Issue of Video Game “Addiction” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Whether pathological video game overuse constitutes a distinct mental disorder remains an issue of controversy among scholars. Both empirical data and scholarly opinions differ regarding the status of pathological gaming and whether “addiction” is the ...
Colwell J.   +3 more
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Factor Analysis of Impulsivity in Gaming Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Abstract Background: Research suggests that a two-factor model impulsivity predicts substance addictions and use and Gambling Disorder. We aimed to determine whether a similar factor structure was present for Gaming Disorder (GD) and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD).
Jodie N. Raybould, Richard J. Tunney
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Internet gaming disorder as a formative construct : implications for conceptualization and measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background. Some people have serious problems controlling their internet and video game use. The DSM-5 now includes a proposal for ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ as a condition in need of further study. Various studies aim to validate the proposed diagnostic
Billieux, Joël   +2 more
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Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Online Gaming Are Not the Same: Findings from a Large Nationally Representative Adolescent Sample [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There is an ongoing debate in the literature whether problematic internet use (PIU) and problematic online gaming (POG) are two distinct conceptual and nosological entities or whether they are the same.
Demetrovics, Z   +7 more
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The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
open access journalBackground The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the associated interaction effects of childhood trauma, depression and anxiety in college students. Methods Participants were
Chen, Li   +15 more
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Policy and prevention approaches for disordered and hazardous gaming and internet use: an international perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Problems related to high levels of gaming and Internet usage are increasingly recognized as a potential public health burden across the developed world.
A Blaszczynski   +58 more
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The relative contribution of motives and maladaptive cognitions to levels of Internet Gaming Disorder

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
This study aimed at determining whether motives and/or maladaptive cognitions would predict levels of Internet Gaming Disorder independently of negative affect and problematic Internet use.
Socayna Moudiab, Marcantonio M. Spada
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Internet gaming disorder and its association with psychiatric comorbidities among a sample of adults in three Arab countries

open access: yesMiddle East Current Psychiatry, 2023
Background As Internet gaming became publicly available over the past 25 years, Internet gaming disorder emerged as a new diagnostic entity and became established in psychiatric diagnostic systems as a form of addiction.
Tourki Abdulmhsen Almutairi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lost in the chaos : flawed literature should not generate new disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Kuss and colleagues’ paper ‘Chaos and confusion in DSM-5 diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder’ sets out to examine issues relating to the concept. We agree that there are serious issues and extend their arguments by suggesting that the field lacks basic
Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel   +1 more
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Internet gaming disorder: Inadequate diagnostic criteria wrapped in a constraining conceptual model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The paper “Chaos and confusion in DSM-5 diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder: Issues, concerns, and recommendations for clarity in the field” by Kuss, Griffiths, and Pontes (in press) critically examines the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Internet gaming
Starcevic, Vladan
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