An Investigation into Video Game Addiction in Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Medicina, 2020 Background and Objectives: Game addiction is an emerging problem in public health. A gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior.
Maria Rosaria Esposito +6 more
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Video game addiction in psychiatric adolescent population: A hospital‐based study on the role of individualism from South China [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2023 Background For decades, video game‐related behaviors have been investigated in different psychologic research, much of whose attention has been paid to video game addiction (VGA), while the differences between VGA and social media addiction (SMA) should ...
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JMIR Serious Games, 2021 BackgroundVideo games are expanding exponentially with their increased popularity among users. However, this popularity has also led to an increase in reported video game addiction. There may be consumer engagement–related factors
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Symptoms, Mechanisms, and Treatments of Video Game Addiction. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Video game addiction is defined as the steady and repetitive use of the Internet to play games frequently with different gamers, potentially leading to negative consequences in many aspects of life. As recent technological development has given easy access to gaming on many devices, video game addiction has become a serious public health issue with ...
Mohammad S, Jan RA, Alsaedi SL.
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Video Game Addiction in Schoolchildren from the South-Central Region of Chile [PDF]
ChildrenVideo game addiction is a worldwide concern, particularly in schoolchildren where it has impact on academic, social, and emotional spheres. The objective of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors associated with video game addiction in ...
Alejandra Rodríguez-Fernández +5 more
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Association between video game addiction, stress, and bruxism in adolescents: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground This study aims to examine the association between video game addiction stress levels, and both awake and sleep bruxism in adolescents. Given the increasing prevalence of digital addiction among young populations, understanding its potential ...
Ceylan Güzel +3 more
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Relationship between video game addiction and bladder/bowel dysfunction in children [PDF]
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de SaludIntroduction. Video games have a strong influence on children and adolescents. Video game addiction has negative effects on children’s health. Objective. To determine the relationship between video game addiction and bladder/bowel dysfunction in children.
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Effects of memory and attention on the association between video game addiction and cognitive/learning skills in children: mediational analysis [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Video games have become a prevalent source of entertainment, especially among children. Furthermore, the amount of time spent playing video games has grown dramatically.
Amani Ali Kappi +4 more
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Proactive and reactive inhibitory control are differently affected by video game addiction: An event‐related potential study [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2022 Introduction Video game addiction (VGA) is associated with physical and mental disorders, one of which is problem in executive function, particularly inhibitory control. The present study aimed to investigate reactive and proactive inhibitory controls by
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The gaming industry and its role in the prevention of video game addiction
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2021 Behavioral addictions in the form of gaming addictions have been the rising addiction disorders in the recent years. The prevention of video game addiction is a must to curb the problem in its budding stage.
Avinash De Sousa
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