The prevalence and possible risk factors of internet gaming disorder among adolescents and young adults: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

YX Gao, JY Wang, GH Dong - Journal of psychiatric research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background As a spreading addictive behaviour in recent years, internet gaming disorder
(IGD) has been studied a lot and the overall research results indicate that IGD has a high …

[HTML][HTML] Clarifying terminologies in research on gaming disorder and other addictive behaviors: Distinctions between core symptoms and underlying psychological …

M Brand, HJ Rumpf, DL King, MN Potenza… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
There exists ongoing debate regarding the clinical validity of single symptoms of and
diagnostic criteria for gaming disorder. In particular, the potential symptom of gaming …

Internet addiction increases in the general population during COVID‐19: Evidence from China

YY Li, Y Sun, SQ Meng, YP Bao… - … American journal on …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives COVID‐19‐related quarantine and stress have likely escalated
the crisis of Internet addiction. This study aimed to determine the impact of the COVID‐19 …

[HTML][HTML] Gaming passion contributes to the definition and identification of problematic gaming

A Infanti, C Valls-Serrano, JC Perales, C Vögele… - Addictive Behaviors, 2023 - Elsevier
Even if for most people playing video games is a healthy leisure activity, a minority of
vulnerable users present an excessive use associated to negative consequences (eg …

Childhood psychological maltreatment and internet gaming addiction in Chinese adolescents: Mediation roles of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and …

YQ Wu, F Liu, KQ Chan, NX Wang, S Zhao, X Sun… - Child Abuse & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Internet gaming addiction (IGA) is a global concern, especially among young
children. There have been some suggestions that childhood psychological maltreatment …

A trauma model of substance use: Elaboration and preliminary validation

A Schimmenti, J Billieux, G Santoro, S Casale… - Addictive …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study expands on and integrates previous theoretical models concerning the
pathways that link child maltreatment to substance use disorder. The proposed model …

Prevalence and associated factors of internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: association with childhood trauma

T Fan, M Twayigira, L Song, X Luo, C Huang… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Internet addiction (IA) is common among adolescents and may have severe
consequences. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Internet addiction among teenagers in a Chinese population: Prevalence, risk factors, and its relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

M Gao, Z Teng, Z Wei, K Jin, J Xiao, H Tang… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and aims Internet addiction (IA) among teenagers has been reported frequently
in China, although research has seldom focused on vocational high school students. This …

Associations between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internet gaming disorder symptoms mediated by depressive symptoms and hopelessness among …

C Chen, S Dai, L Shi, Y Shen, J Ou - Neuropsychiatric Disease and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The mediating role of depressive symptoms and hopelessness on the relationship
between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and internet gaming disorder (IGD) …

[HTML][HTML] Translating the user-avatar bond into depression risk: A preliminary machine learning study

T Brown, TL Burleigh, B Schivinski, S Bennett… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research has shown a link between depression risk and how gamers form relationships
with their in-game figure of representation, called avatar. This is reinforced by literature …