Gaming disorder: A summary of its characteristics and aetiology

Király, Orsolya; Koncz, Patrik; Griffiths, Mark D.; Demetrovics, Zsolt

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152376

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“…Inflexible cognitive processing may produce maladaptive emotions and cognitive biases that exacerbate IGD-related behaviors ( Zhou et al, 2012 ; Chen L. et al, 2018 ; Tei and Fujino, 2023 ). For instance, low CF can lead to poor attentional shifting and impulsive control, thereby promoting IGD-related habit formation and dereliction of social or other responsibilities ( Tei et al, 2017 ; Weinstein et al, 2017 ; Király et al, 2023 ). However, how these CF features are associated with cue reactivity in gaming addiction is still largely unknown.…”

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Explicit and implicit effects of gaming content on social media on the behavior of young adults

Jitoku,

Kobayashi,

Fujimoto

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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Excessive gameplay can have negative effects on both mental and physical health, especially among young people. Nowadays, social media platforms are bombarding users with gaming-related content daily. Understanding the effect of this content on people’s behavior is essential to gain insight into problematic gaming habits. However, this issue is yet to be studied extensively. In this study, we examined how gaming-related content on social media affects young adults explicitly and implicitly. We studied 25 healthy young adults (average age 21.5 ± 2.2) who played online games casually and asked them to report their gaming desire. We also conducted an implicit association test (IAT) to measure their implicit attitudes toward gaming-related content. We also investigated the relationship between these measures and various psychological factors, such as personality traits, self-efficacy, impulsiveness, and cognitive flexibility. The results revealed that participants had a higher explicit gaming desire when exposed to gaming-related cues on social media than neutral cues. They also had a robust positive implicit attitude toward gaming-related content on social media. Explicit gaming desire was positively correlated with neuroticism levels. Furthermore, the IAT effect was negatively correlated with self-efficacy and cognitive flexibility levels. However, there were no significant correlations between explicit gaming desire/IAT effect and impulsiveness levels. These findings suggest that gaming-related content on social media can affect young adults’ behavior both explicitly and implicitly, highlighting the need for further research to prevent gaming addiction in vulnerable individuals.

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Explicit and implicit effects of gaming content on social media on the behavior of young adults

Jitoku,

Kobayashi,

Fujimoto

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…For instance, the systematic review and meta-analysis by Bäcklund et al [ 1 ] found that recreational motivations were significantly and positively associated with IGD. However, in one synthesis review, Király et al [ 25 ] found that most studies concluded that individuals who play solely for entertainment purposes are very unlikely to develop IGD [ 2 , 3 , 26 ]. In this study, the findings support that recreational motives such as ‘Daily entertainment’ serve as protective motivations for IGD.…”

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Unravelling the intricacies between gaming motivations and internet gaming disorder symptoms in adolescents: a network analysis of 2-year healthy and deteriorating transition profiles

Chen,

Zhu

2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background The increasing prevalence of internet gaming disorder (IGD) among adolescents has become a global concern, while gaming plays a large role in many adolescents’ lives. While prior research emphasised the significance of investigating IGD through an etiological lens, the interconnections between diverse gaming motivations and IGD symptoms in adolescents remain inadequately understood. This study explored the associations between distinct gaming motivations and IGD symptoms by conducting network analysis in adolescents. Methods Data from a two-year longitudinal school-based survey (N = 2148) was utilized. LPA was used to offer a straightforward and interpretable solution for identifying adolescents with two-year healthy and deteriorating transitions of IGD profiles. Subsequently, we conducted a network analysis to explore and compare the associations between gaming motivations and IGD symptoms in adolescents with two-year healthy transition profiles and deteriorating transition profiles. Results Three profiles were delineated: ‘low IGD’ (T1: n = 808, 37.62%; T2: n = 731; 34.03%), ‘middle IGD’ (T1: n = 1063, 49.49%; T2: n = 1103, 51.35%), and ‘severe IGD’ (T1: n = 277, 12.89%; T2: n = 314, 14.62%), classifying adolescents with healthy transitions and those with deteriorating transitions. Three gaming motivations (i.e., ‘Daily entertainment’, ‘I am good at it’, and ‘Improvement of ability and mindset’) were identified as protective motivations. Two others, ‘Enjoy being in the gaming world’ and ‘Preoccupation’, were identified as bridge nodes in adolescents with deteriorating transitions. Three core nodes (i.e., ‘Sense of victory’, ‘Enjoy being in the gaming world’, and ‘Sense of achievement’) were identified in both adolescents with healthy profile transitions and deteriorating transitions. Conclusion Findings suggest that not all gaming motivations contribute to the development of IGD in adolescents. Adolescents with deteriorating transitions showed specific gaming motivation and IGD symptom that is closely connected. Future interventions should consider corresponding gaming motivation when addressing IGD among adolescents.

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“…The video game industry has evolved immensely since its inception, and the games it produces have also undergone substantial transformation. The relationship between GD and specific games or game genres is sparsely researched ( 23 , 24 ) and the research that has been performed is partly dated as the games that have been studied in some cases have changed their genre belonging ( 25 ). As the field of video games has developed, games have borrowed characteristics and functions from other games and genres, making it increasingly difficult to categorize games into existing genres ( 23 , 26 ).…”

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The relationship between game genre, monetization strategy and symptoms of gaming disorder in a clinical sample of adolescents

André,

Bore,

Toresson

et al. 2024

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Background: Gaming disorder (GD) has been introduced as a new diagnosis in the International Classification of Disease 11 (ICD-11). Currently, there’s limited understanding of how various video games may differentially contribute to the risk of developing GD. The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship between individuals’ game genre preferences, their preferred games’ monetization strategies, and GD Symptoms. Methods: A total of 85 patients undergoing treatment for GD at a child and youth psychiatric clinic were included in the study. Their preferred games were classified into five novel genres based on gameplay similarities and objectives, and further categorized based on their monetization strategy. Results: Symptom burden of GD, measured with Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA), was highest for those playing Free-to-Play (F2P) games and lowest for Pay-to-Play (P2P) players. Players of Competitive Games endorsed higher GD symptom burden, whereas players of Story-driven games reported lower GD symptom burden. Symptoms of GD were associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in males. Conclusions: This study reveals that game genre preference is influenced by sex, age, and certain psychiatric diagnoses. The categorizing of games into genres is increasingly complex and our research introduces a novel categorization in a developing research field. The result of this study suggests that the monetization model is important to consider while trying to understand the relationship between game characteristics and GD symptoms.

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Gaming disorder: A summary of its characteristics and aetiology

Cited by 46 publications

References 147 publications

Explicit and implicit effects of gaming content on social media on the behavior of young adults

Explicit and implicit effects of gaming content on social media on the behavior of young adults

Unravelling the intricacies between gaming motivations and internet gaming disorder symptoms in adolescents: a network analysis of 2-year healthy and deteriorating transition profiles

The relationship between game genre, monetization strategy and symptoms of gaming disorder in a clinical sample of adolescents

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