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Contextualising video game engagement and addiction in mental health: the mediating roles of coping and social support

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Introduction: A challenge in defining Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is discriminating pathological gameplay from an excessive, yet benign, involvement in video games. Although previous research has explored this theoretical distinction in the context of
Clara E. Moge, Daniela M. Romano
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Relationship Between Loneliness and Depression Among Chinese Junior High School Students: The Serial Mediating Roles of Internet Gaming Disorder, Social Network Use, and Generalized Pathological Internet Use

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
This study aimed to explore the mediating effects of internet gaming disorder, social network use, and generalized pathological internet use (GPIU) on the association between loneliness and depression.
Peng Wang   +5 more
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Pathological video game playing in Spanish and British adolescents: towards the exploration of Internet Gaming Disorder symptomatology [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +7 more
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Biochemical Correlates of Video Game Use: From Physiology to Pathology. A Narrative Review

open access: yesLife, 2021
In the last few decades, video game playing progressively became a widespread activity for many people, in childhood as well in adulthood. An increasing amount of literature has focused on pathological and non-pathological correlates of video game ...
Barbara Carpita   +7 more
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An exploratory study of the association between online gaming addiction and enjoyment motivations for playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are a popular form of entertainment used by millions of gamers worldwide. Potential problems relating to MMORPG play have emerged, particularly in relation to being addicted to playing in such ...
Williams, Glenn A.   +5 more
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“One level more:” A narrative review on internet gaming disorder

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2016
Due to explosive growth in technology and internet usage in the last few years, internet gaming disorder (IGD) has manifested as rapidly growing public health problem mainly affecting the teen and preteen population worldwide.
Subrata Naskar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Problematic Use of Alcohol and Online Gaming as Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has dramatically changed our daily lives and activities, including those originally intended to serve for leisure and pleasure.
Shijie Xu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mediating effect of gaming motivation between psychiatric symptoms and problematic online gaming: an online survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: The rapid expansion of online video gaming as a leisure time activity has led to the appearance of problematic online gaming (POG). According to the literature, POG is associated with different psychiatric symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety ...
Demetrovics, Zsolt   +14 more
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Game changing biomarkers in chemical pathology- that reshaped diagnostics

open access: yesJournal of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, 2023
Chemical pathology studies the biochemistry of physiological fluids, including urine, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid. A change in the body's chemistry is a sign of many illnesses1. Laboratory experts can diagnose diseases and suggest treatments by monitoring and analyzing bodily fluids to determine whether a patient's organs function correctly.
Sibtain Ahmed, Saher Shafiq
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“Gaming Addiction” and the Politics of Pathologies

open access: yesCritical Gambling Studies, 2021
A Critical Gambling Studies blog entry: “Gaming Addiction” and the Politics of ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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