Computer game misuse and addiction of adolescents in a clinically referred study sample

Frölich, Jan; Lehmkuhl, Gerd; Orawa, Helmut; Bromba, Michael; Wolf, Katharina; Görtz-Dorten, Anja

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.043

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“…Frölich et al . found no specific psychiatric disorders associated with computer game misuse or addiction.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Gaming equipment and permanent Internet access influenced adolescents’ IGD rates: possessing a PlayStation but not their own personal computer, Game Boy, television, or a powerful Internet access in their own room promoted game addiction …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Personal risk factors include low selfesteem, 55,106-111 social isolation, 108,109,111,112 decreased interpersonal relationships and few or no friends in real life, 113,114 impaired social functioning, 13 limited other leisure or recreational activities, 19,59 low educational or academic achievement, 18,19,115-118 and increased truancy, low commitment to school, and poor school or academic performance or unemployment. 19,27,29,74,[119][120][121][122] Fr€ olich et al 122 found no specific psychiatric disorders associated with computer game misuse or addiction. The authors speculated that their results supported the idea of IGD as a distinct psychiatric entity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…211 Gaming equipment and permanent Internet access influenced adolescents' IGD rates: possessing a PlayStation but not their own personal computer, Game Boy, television, or a powerful Internet access in their own room promoted game addiction. 74,122,199 Additional aspects. Beranuy et al 45 identified three factors involved in motivating gamers: entertainment, escapism, and virtual friendships.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents: a systematic review

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Ohmann

Gontard

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Develop Med Child Neuro

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In representative samples of children and adolescents, on average, 2% are affected by Internet gaming disorder (IGD). The mean prevalences (overall, clinical samples included) reach 5.5%. Definitions are heterogeneous and the relationship with substance-related addictions is inconsistent. Many aetiological factors are related to the development and maintenance of IGD. This review presents an integrated model of IGD, delineating the interplay of these factors.

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“…Frölich et al . found no specific psychiatric disorders associated with computer game misuse or addiction.…”

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“…Early adolescent males are more inclined to the development of digital games addiction. Rationale: Frölich, Lehmkuhl, Orawa, Bromba, Wolf, and Görtz-Dorten (2016) presented the results of clinical research on digital games addiction of adolescents and concluded that about 90% of identified addicts were males. This finding is also in accordance with the results of previous analogue research (Ko, Yen, Chen, Chen, & Yen, 2005).…”

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Early Adolescents’ Digital Gameplay Preferences, Habits and Addiction / Preferencije, navike i ovisnost mlađih adolescenata o digitalnim igrama

Aleksić

2018

Croatian Journal of Education

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The paper provides an empirically grounded innovative and unique insight into relations between digital gameplay preferences, habits and addiction. The research sample consisted of 1262 eleven-to-fifteen-year-old students from 22 Serbian schools. An adequate psychometric instrument was developed and evaluated as part of the research. The influence of socio-demographic factors on digital gameplay preferences, habits and addiction was analyzed. Research hypotheses have been proposed in accordance with research objectives. They have been confirmed since the obtained results support the existence of the relation between digital gameplay and addiction among early adolescents.

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Smartphone and social network addiction in early adolescents: The role of self‐regulatory self‐efficacy in a pilot school‐based intervention

Favini,

Culcasi,

Cirimele

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

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BackgroundYouths' online problematic behaviors, such as smartphone or social network sites (SNS) addiction, gained increasing attention nowadays, due to their impact on concurrent and later adjustment, such as emotional and/or behavioral problems, academic impairments, or relational issues.AimsThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot school‐based intervention to contrast online addictive behaviors while fostering adolescents' self‐regulative abilities.Materials & MethodsThe intervention started in January 2022 in an Italian junior high school located in Rome, and consisted of four meetings with students. A total sample of 462 15‐year‐old adolescents (Mage = 15.2; SD = 0.50; 41% females; Ncontrol = 214; Nintervention = 248) was considered. Within the latent difference score framework, we examined short‐term changes from the pre‐to‐the‐postintervention levels of SNS and smartphone addiction, and self‐regulatory self‐efficacy (SRSE) beliefs as a possible booster of the intervention's effectiveness.ResultsResults showed a significant decrease in both online addictions (SNS and smartphone addiction), controlling for age, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status, because of the short‐term efficacy of the project. The buffering effect of SRSE beliefs was further supported.ConclusionThese findings emphasized the usefulness of promoting youths' self‐regulative beliefs to contrast problematic tendencies, according to a Positive Youth Development perspective which focused on resources rather than only on the prevention of negative outcomes for youths' adjustment.

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Computer game misuse and addiction of adolescents in a clinically referred study sample

Cited by 38 publications

References 31 publications

Internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Early Adolescents’ Digital Gameplay Preferences, Habits and Addiction / Preferencije, navike i ovisnost mlađih adolescenata o digitalnim igrama

Smartphone and social network addiction in early adolescents: The role of self‐regulatory self‐efficacy in a pilot school‐based intervention

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