Gaming Addiction, Gaming Engagement, and Psychological Health Complaints Among Norwegian Adolescents

Brunborg, Geir Scott; Mentzoni, Rune Aune; Melkevik, Ole; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Samdal, Oddrun; Hetland, Jørn; Andreassen, Cecilie Schou; Palleson, StåLe

doi:10.1080/15213269.2012.756374

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“…These values are similar to those reported by Lemmens et al 24 in adolescent girls and boys. Other authors using the same scale have reported a higher prevalence in adolescents, 9,20 and a lower prevalence in young adults. 31,32 This is consistent with a recent study where the frequency and the problematic use of video Notes.…”

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“…18 There is growing evidence that video game addiction is markedly associated with negative health outcomes, whereas this is not necessarily the case for a strong engagement with video games. [19][20][21][22][23] The literature on the relationship between video gaming disorder and sport and exercise is inconclusive, and has addressed the frequency of video game play but never video game addiction. Longitudinal associations have yet to be investigated, particularly among emerging adults whose propensity to instability may favor behavioral changes over time.…”

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Video Gaming Disorder and Sport and Exercise in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

Henchoz¹,

Studer²,

Deline³

et al. 2015

Behavioral Medicine

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Among the negative consequences of video gaming disorder, decreased participation in sport and exercise has received little attention. This study aimed to assess the longitudinal association between video gaming disorder and the level of sport and exercise in emerging adult men. A questionnaire was completed at baseline and 15-month follow-up by a representative national sample of 4,933 respondents. The seven items of the Game Addiction Scale were used to construct a latent variable representing video gaming disorder. Level of sport and exercise was also self-reported. Cross-lagged path modeling indicated a reciprocal causality between video gaming disorder and the level of sport and exercise, even after adjusting for a large set of confounders. These findings support the need for better promotion of sport and exercise among emerging adults in order to contribute to the prevention of video gaming disorder, and to raise the level of sport and exercise activity in addicted gamers.

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Video Gaming Disorder and Sport and Exercise in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

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Behavioral Medicine

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“…The possible negative impact of time spent on games may be dependent on individual and contextual factors. Therefore, researchers have started to differentiate between enthusiasm for video games and problems associated with gaming (Brunborg et al, 2013; Charlton & Danforth, 2007; Ferguson, Coulson & Barnett, 2011; Rehbein et al, 2010; Skoric et al, 2009). The emerging evidence suggests that video game addiction is associated with negative consequences, but that high engagement with games is not (Brunborg et al, 2013; Ferguson et al, 2011; Skoric et al, 2009).…”

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Is video gaming, or video game addiction, associated with depression, academic achievement, heavy episodic drinking, or conduct problems?

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Background and aims: While the relationships between video game use and negative consequences are debated, the relationships between video game addiction and negative consequences are fairly well established. However, previous studies suffer from methodological weaknesses that may have caused biased results. There is need for further investigation that benefits from the use of methods that avoid omitted variable bias. Methods: Two wave panel data was used from two surveys of 1,928 Norwegian adolescents aged 13 to 17 years. The surveys included measures of video game use, video game addiction, depression, heavy episodic drinking, academic achievement, and conduct problems. The data was analyzed using first-differencing, a regression method that is unbiased by time invariant individual factors. Results: Video game addiction was related to depression, lower academic achievement, and conduct problems, but time spent on video games was not related to any of the studied negative outcomes. Discussion: The findings were in line with a growing number of studies that have failed to find relationships between time spent on video games and negative outcomes. The current study is also consistent with previous studies in that video game addiction was related to other negative outcomes, but it made the added contribution that the relationships are unbiased by time invariant individual effects. However, future research should aim at establishing the temporal order of the supposed causal effects. Conclusions: Spending time playing video games does not involve negative consequences, but adolescents who experience problems related to video games are likely to also experience problems in other facets of life.

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“…In fact, many studies have shown that the amount of time spent video gaming does not represent an adequate measure of pathological gaming and is not necessarily linked to negative outcomes (Brunborg et al 2013(Brunborg et al , 2014Charlton and Danforth 2010;Gentile 2009;Spekman et al 2013). Some authors have pointed out the relevance of context and gaming motivations, as the degree of importance and of salience assigned by players to their video gaming activity may lead to very different consequences (Griffiths 2010;Kuss 2013).…”

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Internet Gaming Addiction in Adolescence: Risk Factors and Maladjustment Correlates

Milani

Torre

Fiore

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Several studies have documented the existence of a behavioral addiction related to Video Games, which appears to be similar to other forms of addiction (gambling and substance-related) in terms of characteristics and consequences. Literature about this topic has suffered from the lack of a standard definition of this disorder before the publication of DSM-5. Thus, the prevalence of the disorder and its characteristics at the moment are unclear. The present research aimed to investigate the differences between sub-clinical problematic Video Game (VG) use and Internet use and clear Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and Internet addiction in terms of gender, amount of time spent gaming, preferential coping strategies, adjustment problems, interpersonal relations, and to identify risk factors that predict a problematic engagement in video gaming. We administered a survey containing measures about coping strategies, interpersonal relations, internalizing/externalizing problems, and Internet and Video Game addiction to 612 Italian students recruited in the four main regions of the country (age range 9-19; M = 13.94). Results show that 15.2% of participants showed a subclinical problematic use of Video Games, while those with a clear IGD were 2.1% (n = 13); 16.3% of them showed a sub-clinical problematic Internet use, while full-criteria Internet addiction was found in 5.9% of the sample. IGD appears to be linked to various dysfunctional outcomes including a wide range of psychological symptoms and behavioral and social problems. Also, problematic video gamers tend to preferentially adopt dysfunctional coping Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Gaming Addiction, Gaming Engagement, and Psychological Health Complaints Among Norwegian Adolescents

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Video Gaming Disorder and Sport and Exercise in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

Video Gaming Disorder and Sport and Exercise in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

Is video gaming, or video game addiction, associated with depression, academic achievement, heavy episodic drinking, or conduct problems?

Internet Gaming Addiction in Adolescence: Risk Factors and Maladjustment Correlates

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