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Video game addiction

2020
There is growing recognition that unrestricted screen time, particularly in younger people, can lead to harm and that gaming can be highly time-consuming and addictive for some vulnerable individuals. These developments have led to the recognition of gaming disorder (GD)—sometimes termed “video game addiction”—a disorder characterized by persistent ...
King, D., Delfabbro, P.
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Video game addiction, ADHD symptomatology, and video game reinforcement

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2018
Up to 23% of people who play video games report symptoms of addiction. Individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be at increased risk for video game addiction, especially when playing games with more reinforcing properties.The current study tested whether level of video game reinforcement (type of game) places individuals ...
Christine L, Mathews, Holly E R, Morrell, Jon E, Molle   +2 more
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Online video game addiction: identification of addicted adolescent gamers.

Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2011
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Rooij, A.J. van, Schoenmakers, T.M., Vermulst, A.A., Eijnden, R.J.J.M. van den, Mheen, H. van de   +4 more
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Video Game Addiction

2013
Video game addiction refers to a persistent and maladaptive pattern of video game playing behavior. Although video game addiction is not currently recognized by mental health authorities such as the American Psychiatric Association or the World Health Organization, many researchers believe that video game playing behavior can be potentially addictive ...
King, D., Delfabbro, P., Griffiths, M.
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Video Game Addiction: Consequences and Treatments

2021 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIV Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA), 2021
Addiction to video games is a disease recently recognized by the WHO that could increase due to the conditions of confinement caused by the pandemic resulting from COVID-19. This paper investigates the types of addictions, including the consequences of video game addiction in people.
Stefany Monasterio, Diego Fuentealba, José Alejandro Pérez, Eduardo Viera, Carolina Lagos, Raúl Carrasco   +5 more
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Is Video Game Addiction Real?

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2020
According to this study: Most adolescents have relatively few pathological video game symptoms.For some, pathological gaming can result in sustained negative behavioral and mental health outcomes.
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Video Game Addiction Test: Validity and Psychometric Characteristics

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2012
The study explores the reliability, validity, and measurement invariance of the Video game Addiction Test (VAT). Game-addiction problems are often linked to Internet enabled online games; the VAT has the unique benefit that it is theoretically and empirically linked to Internet addiction.
Rooij, A.J. van, Schoenmakers, T.M., Eijnden, R.J.J.M. van den, Vermulst, A.A., Mheen, H. van de   +4 more
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[Is video game addiction a reality ?]

Revue medicale suisse, 2016
Video games are widely practiced. Questions about their potential health risks arise, including the risk of addiction. If there is at present no official diagnosis of video games addiction, the DSM-5 proposes temporary criteria based on pathological gambling. Video game addiction affects a minority of at risk individuals.
Thorens, Gabriel, Achab, Sophia, Rothen, Stéphane, Khazaal, Yasser, Zullino, Daniele Fabio   +4 more
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