2024
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/q2kxg
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How do video games affect mental health? A narrative review of 13 proposed mechanisms

Nick Ballou,
Thomas Hakman,
Matti Vuorre
et al.

Abstract: Researchers have proposed a variety of mechanisms through which playing video games might affect mental health: by displacing more psychosocially beneficial activities, satisfying or frustrating basic psychological needs, relieving stress, and many more. However, these mechanisms are rarely enumerated, and underlying causal structures are rarely made explicit. Here, we overview 13 proposed effects of gaming on mental health. For each, we attempt to draw out (often implicit) counterfactuals—that is, what concre… Show more

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