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Online gaming and internet gaming disorder in Iran: patterns, motivations, and correlates
Online gaming may be associated with adverse outcomes in a minority of players. While some suggest that pathological patterns of online gaming are a...
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Emotional Intelligence and Gaming Disorder Symptomatology: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The increasing prevalence of the Internet gaming disorder has created an interest in identifying the factors associated with its development,...
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Internet gaming disorder and psychological well-being among university students in Egypt
BackgroundInternet gaming disorder (IGD) is a serious rising problem affecting people of all ages. Many researchers reported that students’ addictive...
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Alexithymia and internet gaming disorder: The mediating role of internalizing and externalizing problems
Alexithymia is an essential predictor of problematic gaming, while the role of internalizing and externalizing problems in their relationship remains...
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Internet Gaming Disorder
The large majority of American children play video games on a regular basis. This pastime is typically harmless; however, a small minority of players...
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Positive and Avoidance Outcome Expectancies as Mediators of the Relationship between Social Influence and Problematic Internet Gaming Behavior: Preliminary Findings
This study tested the hypothesis that positive expectancies (i.e., the belief that gaming will be rewarding) and avoidance expectancies (i.e., the...
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Examining the psychometric properties of the electronic gaming motives questionnaire in a sample of Canadian adults: a replication and extension study
The Electronic Gaming Motives Questionnaire (EGMQ) assesses motives for engaging in video gaming, which are important to understanding risk for...
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Gaming Disorder
Internet gaming as a leisure activity is not uncommon, it is entirely legitimate and for most gamers unproblematic. Nevertheless, a minority of...
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Psychometric properties of the Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire (POGQ) in a Moroccan sample of university students
BackgroundThe Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire (POGQ) instrument consists of 18 items with a six-factor structure. This questionnaire is...
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Sex differences in ADHD symptoms, problematic gaming, and impairment in college students
Objective: ADHD is associated with impairment in several important areas of life for college students, including lower grades and lower degree...
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Online-gaming and mental health: Loot boxes and in-game purchases are related to problematic online gaming and depression in adolescents
Studies have found that adolescents’ in-game purchases are related to psychosocial problems. In-game purchases, including loot boxes—which contain...
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The Role of Mindfulness, Mind Wandering, Attentional Control, and Maladaptive Personality Traits in Problematic Gaming Behavior
ObjectivesProblematic gaming has become a phenomenon of growing clinical relevance due to its negative impact on life and mental health outcomes....
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Negative life events and internet gaming disorder among Chinese adolescents: a longitudinal moderated mediation analysis of maladaptive cognition and neuroticism
The mechanism regarding how and for whom exposure to negative life events predicts adolescent internet gaming disorder (IGD) over time remains...
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Operationalization and measurement of compulsivity across video gaming and gambling behavioral domains
BackgroundCompulsivity is the hallmark of addiction progression and, as a construct, has played an important role in unveiling the etiological...
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More grateful, less addicted! Understanding how gratitude affects online gaming addiction among Chinese college students: a three-wave multiple mediation model
BackgroundOnline game addiction has become a prominent public concern, particularly among emerging adults, warranting in-depth investigation. Despite...
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Eight Hypotheses on Technology Use and Psychosocial Wellbeing: A Bicultural Phenomenological Study of Gaming during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this nonconfirmatory qualitative study, we pursued a range of hypotheses regarding how gaming operates in the lives and psychosocial wellbeing of...
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Social Information Processing and Executive Functions in Male Children and Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder
In recent years, in addition to its clinical importance, interest in the social-cognitive aspect of internet gaming disorder (IGD) has increased....
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Psychometric evaluation of the Russian version of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents
Problematic gaming has become an emerging global health issue. Formal recognition of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 is a new opportunity for the...
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Parental behaviors associated with internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents: A quantitative meta-analysis
The development of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is associated with different factors including parental practices. However, there is no clear...
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Motivation and Cognitive-Behavioral Factors in Problematic Online Gaming
A portion of the US population is choosing online games as a form of recreation and, consequently, is develo** unhealthy preoccupations. The most...