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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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, Shabina +2 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.
Öznur Tiryaki +2 more
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Video Game Addiction: Past, Present and Future [PDF]
Current Psychiatry Reviews, 2012 Gaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in the number of empirical studies examining various aspects of problematic video game play and video game addiction. This paper begins with a brief past history of how research into video game addiction has changed over the last ...
Griffiths, MD, Kuss, DJ, King, DL
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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
Mazyar Fathi +4 more
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Identification of Video Game Addiction Using Heart-Rate Variability Parameters [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 The purpose of this study is to determine heart rate variability (HRV) parameters that can quantitatively characterize game addiction by using electrocardiograms (ECGs).
Jung-Yong Kim +4 more
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Validation of the Farsi version of the video-game addiction scale for children: its associations with social media addiction, internet addiction and executive functions [PDF]
BMC PsychologyAddiction to video games can negatively affect cognitive and social functioning. We aim to validate the Video Game Addiction Scale for Children (VASC) among Iranian children aged 8–13 in this study.
Nima Rabiei +3 more
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Video Game Addiction in Young People (8–18 Years Old) after the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Grey Area of Addiction and the Phenomenon of “Gaming Non-Pathological Abuse (GNPA)” [PDF]
EpidemiologiaIntroduction: In the literature, video game addiction in youths is correlated with dysfunctional symptoms of anxiety, emotional disorders, and mood disorders, and the pandemic period of 2020–2022 has favored the aggravation of this behavioral addiction ...
Domenico Piccininno, Giulio Perrotta
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